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Title: LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 11/6/2006
Industry: Biotechnology and Drugs     Sector: Healthcare

LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENT, Parties: bayer healthcare llc , regeneron pharmaceuticals  inc
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Exhibit 10.1

LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENT

By and Between

BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC

and

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Dated as of October 18, 2006

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.1 "Affiliate"

 

 

1

 

1.2 "Agreement"

 

 

2

 

1.3 "Anticipated First Commercial Sale"

 

 

2

 

1.4 "Approval"

 

 

2

 

1.5 "Aventis"

 

 

2

 

1.6 "Aventis Agreement"

 

 

2

 

1.7 "Business Day"

 

 

2

 

1.8 "Change of Control"

 

 

2

 

1.9 "Class A Stock"

 

 

3

 

1.10 "Clinical Supply Cost"

 

 

3

 

1.11 "Clinical Supply Requirements"

 

 

3

 

1.12 "COGS"

 

 

3

 

1.13 "Commercialize" or "Commercialization"

 

 

3

 

1.14 "Commercial Overhead Charge"

 

 

3

 

1.15 "Commercially Reasonable Efforts"

 

 

4

 

1.16 "Commercial Supply Cost"

 

 

4

 

1.17 "Commercial Supply Requirements"

 

 

4

 

1.18 "Committee"

 

 

4

 

1.19 "Common Stock"

 

 

5

 

1.20 "Company Excluded Territory Intellectual Property"

 

 

5

 

1.21 "Company Intellectual Property"

 

 

5

 

1.22 "Company Patent Rights"

 

 

5

 

1.23 "Consolidated Payment Report"

 

 

5

 

1.24 "Contract Year"

 

 

5

 

1.25 "Controlling Party"

 

 

5

 

1.26 "Country Commercialization Budget"

 

 

5

 

1.27 "Country Commercialization Plan"

 

 

6

 

1.28 "Country Commercialization Report"

 

 

6

 

1.29 "CPI"

 

 

6

 

1.30 "Develop" or "Development"

 

 

6

 

1.31 "Development Costs"

 

 

6

 

1.32 "Development FTE Cost"

 

 

7

 

1.33 "Development FTE Rate"

 

 

8

 

1.34 "Development Plan(s)"

 

 

8

 

1.35 "Effective Date"

 

 

8

 

1.36 "EMEA"

 

 

8

 

1.37 "Excluded Territory"

 

 

8

 

1.38 "Executive Officers"

 

 

8

 

1.39 "Existing Licenses"

 

 

8

 

1.40 "FDA"

 

 

8

 

1.41 "Field"

 

 

8

 

1.42 "Finished Product"

 

 

8

 

1.43 "First Commercial Sale"

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1.44 "Formulated Bulk Product"

 

 

9

 

1.45 "FTE"

 

 

9

 

1.46 "GAAP"

 

 

9

 

1.47 "Global Development Budget"

 

 

9

 

1.48 "Global Development Plan"

 

 

9

 

1.49 "Good Practices"

 

 

9

 

1.50 "Governmental Authority"

 

 

9

 

1.51 "IAS/IFRS"

 

 

9

 

1.52 "ICH"

 

 

9

 

1.53 "IND"

 

 

9

 

1.54 "Joint Patent Rights"

 

 

10

 

1.55 "Know-How"

 

 

10

 

1.56 "Law" or "Laws"

 

 

10

 

1.57 "Lead Regulatory Party"

 

 

10

 

1.58 "Legal Dispute"

 

 

10

 

1.59 "Licensed Products"

 

 

10

 

1.60 "Major Market Country"

 

 

10

 

1.61 "Manufacture" or "Manufacturing"

 

 

10

 

1.62 "Marketing Approval"

 

 

10

 

1.63 "Medical Affairs Cost"

 

 

10

 

1.64 "Medical Affairs FTE Rate"

 

 

11

 

1.65 "Net Sales"

 

 

11

 

1.66 "New Information"

 

 

12

 

1.67 "New License"

 

 

13

 

1.68 "Other Shared Expenses"

 

 

13

 

1.69 "Out-of-Pocket Costs"

 

 

13

 

1.70 "Party Information"

 

 

13

 

1.71 "Patent Application"

 

 

13

 

1.72 "Patent Rights"

 

 

13

 

1.73 "Patents"

 

 

13

 

1.74 "Person"

 

 

13

 

1.75 "Phase 2 Trial"

 

 

13

 

1.76 "Phase 3 Trial"

 

 

13

 

1.77 "Plan"

 

 

14

 

1.78 "Pre-Launch Marketing Expenses"

 

 

14

 

1.79 "Pricing Approval"

 

 

14

 

1.80 "Product"

 

 

14

 

1.81 "Product Trademark"

 

 

14

 

1.82 "Promotional Materials"

 

 

14

 

1.83 "Quarter" or "Quarterly"

 

 

14

 

1.84 "Regeneron Excluded Territory Intellectual Property"

 

 

14

 

1.85 "Regeneron Intellectual Property"

 

 

15

 

1.86 "Regeneron Patent Rights"

 

 

15

 

1.87 "Regeneron Products"

 

 

15

 

1.88 "Region"

 

 

15

 

1.89 "Registration Filing"

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1.90 "Regulatory Authority"

 

 

15

 

1.91 "Rest of World Country"

 

 

15

 

1.92 "Sales Force Cost"

 

 

15

 

1.93 "Sales Force FTE Rate"

 

 

15

 

1.94 "Shared Promotion Expenses"

 

 

16

 

1.95 "Shares of Then Outstanding Capital Stock"

 

 

17

 

1.96 "Sublicensee"

 

 

17

 

1.97 "Territory Commercialization Budget"

 

 

17

 

1.98 "Territory Commercialization Plan"

 

 

17

 

1.99 "Territory"

 

 

17

 

1.100 "Territory Development Plan"

 

 

17

 

1.101 "Territory Development Budget"

 

 

17

 

1.102 "Third Party"

 

 

18

 

1.103 "United States," "US" or "U.S."

 

 

18

 

1.104 "Valid Claim"

 

 

18

 

1.105 "VEGF"

 

 

18

 

1.106 "VEGF Trap"

 

 

18

 

1.107 "Additional Definitions."

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II COLLABORATION

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1 Scope of Collaboration

 

 

19

 

2.2 Compliance With Law

 

 

19

 

2.3 Further Assurances and Transaction Approvals

 

 

19

 

2.4 Compliance with Third Party Agreements

 

 

20

 

2.5 Plans

 

 

20

 

2.6 Limitation on Exercise of Rights Outside of Collaboration.

 

 

20

 

2.7 Excluded Territory Activities

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III MANAGEMENT

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1 Committees/Management.

 

 

23

 

3.2 Joint Steering Committee.

 

 

23

 

3.3 Joint Development Committee.

 

 

24

 

3.4 Joint Commercialization Committee.

 

 

25

 

3.5 Other Committees

 

 

27

 

3.6 Membership

 

 

27

 

3.7 Meetings

 

 

28

 

3.8 Decision-Making

 

 

28

 

3.9 Project Manager

 

 

28

 

3.10 Resolution of Governance Matters

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV LICENSE GRANTS

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1 Regeneron License Grants

 

 

30

 

4.2 Company License Grants

 

 

30

 

4.3 Sublicensing

 

 

31

 

4.4 No Implied License

 

 

31

 

4.5 Retained Rights

 

 

31

 

4.6 Right of Negotiation for Excluded Territory

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE V DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1 Development of Licensed Products

 

 

32

 

5.2 Development Plans

 

 

32

 

5.3 Development Budgets

 

 

33

 

5.4 Development Reports

 

 

34

 

5.5 Review of Clinical Trial Protocols

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI COMMERCIALIZATION

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.1 Commercialization of Products in the Field in the Territory

 

 

34

 

6.2 Territory Commercialization Plan

 

 

34

 

6.3 Country Commercialization Plans

 

 

35

 

6.4 Commercialization Activities; Sharing of Commercial Information.

 

 

36

 

6.5 Product Pricing and Pricing Approvals in the Territory

 

 

37

 

6.6 Sales and Product Distribution in the Territory; Other Responsibilities

 

 

37

 

6.7 Commercialization Efforts

 

 

37

 

6.8 Contract Sales Force

 

 

38

 

6.9 Promotional Materials.

 

 

38

 

6.10 Promotional Claims/Compliance

 

 

38

 

6.11 Restriction on Bundling in the Territory

 

 

38

 

6.12 Inventory Management

 

 

39

 

6.13 Medical and Consumer Inquiries

 

 

39

 

6.14 Market Exclusivity Extensions

 

 

39

 

6.15 Post Marketing Clinical Trials

 

 

39

 

6.16 Activities outside the Collaboration

 

 

39

 

6.17 Restriction on Commercialization Activities

 

 

40

 

6.18 Exports from the Territory to the Excluded Territory.

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII CLINICAL AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

 

 

41

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.1 Ownership of Approvals and Registration Filings.

 

 

41

 

7.2 Regulatory Coordination.

 

 

41

 

7.3 Regulatory Coordination with Third Parties

 

 

43

 

7.4 Regulatory Events

 

 

44

 

7.5 Pharmacovigilance and Product Complaints

 

 

45

 

7.6 Regulatory Inspection or Audit

 

 

45

 

7.7 Recalls and Other Corrective Actions

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.1 Formulated Bulk Product Supply in the Field in the Territory

 

 

46

 

8.2 Finished Product Supply in the Field in the Territory

 

 

46

 

8.3 Supply Agreement

 

 

46

 

8.4 Manufacturing Plans

 

 

47

 

8.5 Manufacturing Shortfall

 

 

47

 

8.6 Manufacturing Compliance

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX PERIODIC REPORTS; PAYMENTS

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.1 Upfront Payment and Milestone Payments.

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

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9.2 Development Costs.

 

 

48

 

9.3 Periodic Reports

 

 

49

 

9.4 Funds Flow

 

 

50

 

9.5 Invoices and Documentation

 

 

51

 

9.6 Payment Method and Currency

 

 

51

 

9.7 Late Payments

 

 

51

 

9.8 Taxes

 

 

51

 

9.9 Adjustments to FTE Rates

 

 

52

 

9.10 Resolution of Payment Disputes

 

 

52

 

9.11 Budget Overruns

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1 Resolution of Disputes

 

 

53

 

10.2 Governance Disputes

 

 

53

 

10.3 Legal Disputes

 

 

53

 

10.4 Expert Panel

 

 

53

 

10.5 No Waiver

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI TRADEMARKS AND CORPORATE LOGOS

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.1 Corporate Names

 

 

55

 

11.2 Selection of Product Trademarks

 

 

55

 

11.3 Ownership of Product Trademarks

 

 

55

 

11.4 Prosecution and Maintenance of Product Trademark(s)

 

 

56

 

11.5 License to the Product Trademark(s)

 

 

56

 

11.6 Use of Corporate Names

 

 

56

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII NEWLY CREATED INVENTIONS

 

 

57

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.1 Ownership of Newly Created Intellectual Property.

 

 

57

 

12.2 Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights.

 

 

58

 

12.3 Interference, Opposition and Reissue.

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIII INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.1 Third Party Infringement Suits.

 

 

61

 

13.2 Patent Marking

 

 

62

 

13.3 Third Party Infringement Claims; New Licenses.

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIV BOOKS, RECORDS AND INSPECTIONS; AUDITS AND ADJUSTMENTS

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.1 Books and Records

 

 

64

 

14.2 Audits and Adjustments.

 

 

64

 

14.3 GAAP/IAS/IFRS

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.1 Due Organization, Valid Existence and Due Authorization

 

 

65

 

15.2 Knowledge of Pending or Threatened Litigation

 

 

65

 

15.3 Additional Regeneron Representations and Warranties

 

 

65

 

15.4 Disclaimer of Warranties

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

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15.5 Mutual Covenants

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XVI CONFIDENTIALITY

 

 

68

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.1 Confidential Information.

 

 

68

 

16.2 Injunctive Relief

 

 

70

 

16.3 Publication of New Information

 

 

70

 

16.4 Other Publications

 

 

70

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XVII INDEMNITY

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.1 Indemnity and Insurance.

 

 

71

 

17.2 Indemnity Procedure

 

 

73

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XVIII FORCE MAJEURE

 

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIX TERM AND TERMINATION

 

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.1 Term/Expiration of Term.

 

 

75

 

19.2 Termination Without Cause

 

 

75

 

19.3 Termination For Material Breach

 

 

76

 

19.4 Termination for Insolvency

 

 

77

 

19.5 Termination for Breach of Standstill

 

 

77

 

19.6 [****************************]

 

 

77

 

19.7 Effect of Termination

 

 

77

 

19.8 Survival of Obligations

 

 

78

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XX MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

20.1 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction

 

 

79

 

20.2 Waiver

 

 

79

 

20.3 Notices

 

 

79

 

20.4 Entire Agreement

 

 

80

 

20.5 Amendments

 

 

80

 

20.6 Headings

 

 

80

 

20.7 Severability

 

 

80

 

20.8 Registration and Filing of the Agreement

 

 

80

 

20.9 Assignment

 

 

80

 

20.10 Successors and Assigns

 

 

81

 

20.11 Affiliates

 

 

81

 

20.12 Counterparts

 

 

81

 

20.13 Third-Party Beneficiaries

 

 

81

 

20.14 Relationship of the Parties

 

 

82

 

20.15 Limitation of Damages

 

 

82

 

20.16 Standstill Agreement

 

 

82

 

20.17 Termination of Standstill

 

 

83

 

20.18 Non-Solicitation

 

 

84

 

20.19 No Strict Construction

 

 

84

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENT

          THIS LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENT (" Agreement "), dated as of October 18, 2006 (the " Effective Date "), is by and between BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company having a principal place of business at 511 Benedict Avenue, Tarrytown, New York 10591 (" Company "), and REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a New York corporation having a principal place of business at 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, New York 10591 (" Regeneron ") (with each of Company and Regeneron referred to herein individually as a " Party " and collectively as the " Parties ").

          WHEREAS, Regeneron owns and has licensed certain Patents, Know-How and other rights related to the VEGF Trap in the Territory;

          WHEREAS, Company and its Affiliates possess knowledge and expertise in, and resources for, developing and commercializing pharmaceutical products in the Field in the Territory; and

          WHEREAS, Regeneron and Company desire to collaborate on the Development and Manufacture of Products in the Field, and the Commercialization of Products in the Field in the Territory under the terms and conditions set forth herein (the " Collaboration ").

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the following mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

          Capitalized terms used in this Agreement, whether used in the singular or plural, except as expressly set forth herein, shall have the meanings set forth below:

          1.1 " Affiliate " shall mean, with respect to any Person, another Person which controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to control another Person if any of the following conditions is met: (a) in the case of corporate entities, direct or indirect ownership of at least fifty percent (50%) of the stock or shares having the right to vote for the election of directors, and (b) in the case of non-corporate entities, direct or indirect ownership of at least fifty percent (50%) of the equity interest with the power to direct the management and policies of such non-corporate entities. The Parties acknowledge that in the case of certain entities organized under the laws of certain countries outside of the United States, the maximum percentage ownership permitted by

 

 

 

law for a foreign investor may be less than fifty percent (50%), and that in such case such lower percentage shall be substituted in the preceding sentence, provided that such foreign investor has the power to direct the management and policies of such entity.

          1.2 " Agreement " shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph, including all Schedules and Exhibits.

          1.3 " Anticipated First Commercial Sale " shall mean, with respect to a Licensed Product in the Field, the date agreed upon by the JSC in advance as the expected date of First Commercial Sale of such Licensed Product in the Field in a country in the Territory.

          1.4 " Approval " shall mean, with respect to each Licensed Product, any approval (including Marketing Approvals and Pricing Approvals), registration, license or authorization from any Regulatory Authority required for the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of such Product in the Field in a regulatory jurisdiction anywhere in the world, and shall include, without limitation, an approval, registration, license or authorization granted in connection with any Registration Filing.

          1.5 "Aventis " shall mean sanofi-aventis US LLC (successor in interest to Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

          1.6 " Aventis Agreement " shall mean the Collaboration Agreement, dated as of September 3, 2003, by and between Aventis and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of December 31, 2004, the Second Amendment, dated as of January 7, 2005, the Third Amendment, dated as of December 21, 2005, and the Fourth Amendment, dated as of January 31, 2006, as the same may be further amended from time to time.

          1.7 " Business Day " shall mean a day on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York are open for business.

          1.8 " Change of Control " shall mean, with respect to Regeneron, any of the following events: (a) any Person is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as such term is used in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 13d-3 thereunder, except that a Person shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all shares that any such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right may be exercised immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of a majority of the total voting power represented by all classes of capital stock then outstanding of Regeneron normally entitled to vote in elections of directors; (b) Regeneron consolidates with or merges into another corporation or entity, or any corporation or entity consolidates with or merges into Regeneron, other than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of Regeneron outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) a majority of the combined voting power of the voting securities of Regeneron or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a

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merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of Regeneron (or similar transaction) in which no Person becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of voting securities of Regeneron representing a majority of the combined voting power of Regeneron’s then outstanding securities; or (c) Regeneron conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its assets to any Person other than a wholly-owned Affiliate of Regeneron.

          1.9 " Class A Stock " shall mean the Class A Stock of Regeneron, par value $0.001 per share.

          1.10 " Clinical Supply Cost " shall mean (a) the Out-of-Pocket Cost for purchasing and/or the Manufacturing Cost to Manufacture Formulated Bulk Product for Clinical Supply Requirements under the Development Plans, (b) the Out-of-Pocket Cost for purchasing and/or the Manufacturing Cost to Manufacture, comparator agent or placebo requirements for activities contemplated under the Development Plans, (c) the Out-of-Pocket Cost and/or the Manufacturing Cost for filling, packaging and labeling such Clinical Supply Requirements, comparator agent and/or placebo, as the case may be, for activities contemplated under the Development Plans and (d) any VAT or similar taxes actually paid with respect to the Manufacture or delivery of Clinical Supply Requirements.

          1.11 " Clinical Supply Requirements " shall mean, with respect to a Licensed Product, the quantities of such Licensed Product which are required by a Party or the Parties for Development in the Field under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the conduct of research, pre-clinical studies and clinical trials in connection with a Development Plan and quantities of such Licensed Product which are required by a Party for submission to a Regulatory Authority in connection with any Registration Filing or Approval in the Field in any regulatory jurisdiction in the Territory.

          1.12 " COGS " for a Quarter shall mean cost (calculated in accordance with GAAP or IAS/IFRS) of Manufacturing the Licensed Products sold in the Field in the Territory in the Quarter.

          1.13 " Commercialize" or "Commercialization " shall mean any and all activities directed to marketing, promoting, detailing, distributing, importing, offering for sale, having sold and/or selling a Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory, including, without limitation, market research, pre-launch marketing and educational activities, sampling and Non-Approval Trials in the Territory.

          1.14 " Commercial Overhead Charge " shall mean, on a country-by-country basis in the Territory, beginning in the Contract Year of First Commercial Sale in the applicable country, an amount (agreed upon by the JFC at least eighteen (18) months prior to the Anticipated First Commercial Sale in the country) to cover [****************************************************], such amount to be determined by the JFC as of January 1 of each following Contract Year. For the avoidance of doubt, "Commercial Overhead Charge" shall not include any amounts included in Medical Affairs Cost, Sales Force Cost, Other Shared Expenses or Shared Promotion Expenses.

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          1.15 " Commercially Reasonable Efforts " shall mean, with respect to the efforts to be expended by a Party with respect to any objective, reasonable, diligent, good faith efforts to accomplish such objective as such Party would normally use to accomplish a similar objective under similar circumstances, it being understood and agreed that such efforts shall be consistent with the Collaboration Purpose and substantially equivalent to those efforts and resources commonly used by a Party for a product owned by it, which product is at a similar stage in its development or product life and is of similar market potential (taking into consideration both anticipated total sales and overall profitability). Commercially Reasonable Efforts shall be determined on a market-by-market and product-by-product basis in view of conditions prevailing at the time, and evaluated taking into account all relevant factors, including without limitation, the efficacy, safety, anticipated regulatory authority approved labeling, competitiveness of the product or alternative products that are in the marketplace or under development by Third Parties and other technical, scientific, legal, medical marketing and competitiveness factors. It is anticipated that the level of effort constituting Commercially Reasonable Efforts may change over time. In determining whether a Party has used Commercially Reasonable Efforts, neither the Territory Profit Split nor other payments made or required to be made from one Party to the other under this Agreement shall be considered in determining market potential (that is, a Party may not apply lesser resources or efforts in support of a Licensed Product because it must pay the Territory Profit Split or make milestone or any other payments hereunder to the other Party). By way of example, for purposes of determining whether Company uses Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Commercialize a Licensed Product in a Major Market Country, a basis for comparison shall be the efforts used by Company to commercialize in such Major Market Country another Company product that is wholly owned by Company, is at a similar stage of commercialization to the Licensed Product and has both anticipated total sales and overall profitability to Company in such Major Market Country substantially similar to that of the Licensed Product, taking into account total sales and total profitability of the Licensed Product in such Major Market Country, but without consideration of any of the payments required to be made from one Party to the other under this Agreement.

          1.16 " Commercial Supply Cost " shall mean the Out-of-Pocket Cost for purchasing and/or the Manufacturing Cost for the Manufacture of the Commercial Supply Requirements, including, without limitation, any filling, packaging and labeling costs, and any VAT or similar taxes actually paid with respect to the Manufacture or delivery of such Commercial Supply Requirements.

          1.17 " Commercial Supply Requirements " shall mean, with respect to each Licensed Product, quantities of Finished Product as are required by Company to fulfill its (or its Affiliate’s or Sublicensee’s) requirements for commercial sales, Non-Approval Trials and Product sampling with respect to such Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory.

          1.18 " Committee " means any of the JSC, JDC, JCC or JFC, each as described in Article 3 (together with Working Groups or other committees contemplated herein or established in accordance with this Agreement).

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          1.19 " Common Stock " shall mean the common stock of Regeneron, par value $0.001 per share.

          1.20 " Company Excluded Territory Intellectual Property " shall mean Company Patent Rights and Know-How that cover, claim or are used for the Development, Manufacture and/or Commercialization of Regeneron Products under the Plans, but excluding (a) any Company Patent Rights covering the composition of any Company Products, and (b) any New Information or Party Information arising from the Development, Manufacture and/or Commercialization of Company Products.

          1.21 " Company Intellectual Property " shall mean the Company Patent Rights and any Know-How of Company or any of its Affiliates.

          1.22 " Company Patent Rights " shall mean those Patent Rights which (a) at the Effective Date or at any time thereafter during the Term, are owned by, licensed to or otherwise held by Company or any of its Affiliates (other than pursuant to this Agreement), including, without limitation, Patent Rights covering any formulation and delivery technologies, with the right to license or sublicense the same, and (b) include at least one Valid Claim which would be infringed by the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of a Product in the Field.

          1.23 " Consolidated Payment Report " shall mean a consolidated Quarterly report prepared by Company (based on information reported under Sections 5.4 and 9.3) setting forth in reasonable detail, for each Major Market Country in the Territory, for each Region in the Territory, and in the aggregate for all countries in the Territory, (a) Net Sales, COGS and Shared Promotion Expenses incurred by each Party for such Quarter, (b) Development Costs incurred by each Party for such Quarter under the Global Development Plan and the Territory Development Plan, (c) Other Shared Expenses incurred by each Party for such Quarter, including the allocation of global costs pursuant to Section 3.4(b)(xii), (d) Commercial Supply Costs incurred by each Party for such Quarter and (e) the Quarterly True-Up, and the component items and calculations in determining such Quarterly True-Up, calculated in accordance with Schedule 2.

          1.24 " Contract Year " shall mean the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on December 31, 2007, and each succeeding consecutive twelve (12) month period thereafter during the Term. The last Contract Year of the Term shall begin on January 1 for the year during which termination or expiration of the Agreement will occur, and the last day of such Contract Year shall be the effective date of such termination or expiration.

          1.25 " Controlling Party " shall mean Regeneron with respect to the filing, prosecution and maintenance of a Joint Patent Right that claims or covers a Regeneron Product (or the Manufacture or use thereof), and Company in the case of all other Joint Patent Rights.

          1.26 " Country Commercialization Budget " shall mean the three-year rolling budget(s) approved by the JCC for a particular Country Commercialization Plan.

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          1.27 " Country Commercialization Plan " shall mean, for each Major Market Country in the Territory, the three-year rolling plan for Commercializing Licensed Products in the Field in such country, including the applicable Country Commercialization Budget, developed and approved by the JCC, as the same may be amended from time-to-time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Each Country Commercialization Plan shall set forth, for each Licensed Product, the information, plans and forecasts set forth in Section 6.3.

          1.28 " Country Commercialization Report " shall mean, for each Major Market Country in the Territory, a written report summarizing the marketing, detailing, selling and promotional activities undertaken by Company (or its Affiliate) during the previous Quarter in connection with the applicable Country Commercialization Plan, including the number of details for the Licensed Product in the Field in the country, together with a detailed project-level statement of Shared Promotion Expenses (calculated in U.S. dollars and local currency) incurred by Company (or its Affiliate) during such Quarter in the country.

          1.29 " CPI " for the Excluded Territory shall mean the Consumer Price Index – Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, U.S. City Average, All Items, 1982-1984 = 100, published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics (or its successor equivalent index). For countries and Regions in the Territory (other than Japan), "CPI" shall mean the "EU15 CPI" (or its successor equivalent index), which is published monthly and available via Bloomberg Professional, as published by Bloomberg L.P. In Japan, "CPI" shall mean such other inflation measure or rate agreed upon by the Parties.

          1.30 " Develop" or "Development " shall mean (a) activities directly and specifically relating to research, pre-clinical and clinical drug development of a Licensed Product in the Field, including, without limitation, test method development and stability testing, assay development, toxicology, pharmacology, formulation, quality assurance/quality control development, technology transfer, statistical analysis, process development and scale-up, pharmacokinetic studies, data collection and management, clinical studies (including research to design clinical studies), regulatory affairs, project management, drug safety surveillance activities related to clinical studies, the preparation, submission and maintenance of Registration Filings and Approvals (including post-marketing clinical trials imposed by applicable Law or as required by a Regulatory Authority) and activities necessary to obtain a Pricing Approval, reimbursement and/or listing on health care providers’ and payers’ formularies, and (b) any other development activities with respect to a Licensed Product in the Field, including, without limitation, activities to support new product formulations, delivery technologies and/or new indications in the Field either before or after the First Commercial Sale.

          1.31 " Development Costs" shall mean costs incurred by a Party in connection with the Development of Licensed Products in the Field in accordance with this Agreement and the Development Plan(s) (or prior to the first Development Plan, the Initial Development Plan), including without limitation:

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(a) all Out-of-Pocket Costs, including, without limitation, fees and expenses associated with obtaining and maintaining Registration Filings and Approvals (including Pricing Approvals) necessary for the Development and Commercialization of the Licensed Products in the Field under this Agreement;

(b) Development FTE Costs;

(c) Clinical Supply Costs;

(d) the costs and expenses incurred in connection with (i) Manufacturing process, formulation, cleaning, and shipping development and validation, (ii), Manufacturing scale-up and improvements, (iii) stability testing, (iv) quality assurance/quality control development (including management of Third Party fillers, packagers and labelers), and (v) internal and Third Party costs and expenses incurred in connection with (A) qualification and validation of Third Party contract manufacturers and vendors and (B) subject to the terms of this Agreement, establishing a primary or secondary source supplier, including, without limitation, the transfer of process and Manufacturing technology and analytical methods, scale-up, process and equipment validation, cleaning validation and initial Manufacturing licenses, approvals and Regulatory Authority inspections (in each case, to the extent not included in Clinical Supply Costs or Commercial Supply Costs);

(e) Pre-Launch Marketing Expenses;

(f) any license fees and other payments under Existing Licenses and New Licenses to the extent attributable to the Manufacture of Clinical Supply Requirements and/or the Development of Licensed Products in the Field under the Plans for the Territory (which, for the avoidance of doubt, include activities in the Excluded Territory performed under the Global Development Plan); and

(g) any other costs or expenses specifically identified and included in the applicable Development Plan or included as Development Costs under this Agreement.

          For clarity, it is the intent of the Parties that costs included in the foregoing will not be unfairly allocated to the Licensed Products in the Field (to the extent that any development cost is attributable, in part, to products or activities outside the scope of this Agreement). For the avoidance of doubt, [***********************************************] and as defined therein shall be considered a Development Cost under the Global Development Plan under this Agreement

          1.32 " Development FTE Cost " shall mean, for all Development activities performed in accordance with the Development Plan(s), including regulatory activities, the

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product of (a) the number of FTEs required for such Development activity as set forth in the approved Development Plan and (b) the Development FTE Rate.

          1.33 " Development FTE Rate " for the Excluded Territory, the Territory (other than Japan) and Japan shall mean [********] in the first Contract Year, such amount to be adjusted as of January 1, 2008 and annually thereafter by the percentage increase or decrease, if any, in the applicable CPI (determined based on the location of the Development personnel) since the Effective Date or the latest adjustment date hereunder, whichever is later, through June 30 of the prior calendar year. The Development FTE Rate shall be inclusive of Out-of-Pocket Costs and other expenses for the employee providing the services, including travel costs and allocated costs, such as, for example, allocated overhead costs.

          1.34 " Development Plan(s) " shall mean the Global Development Plan and the Territory Development Plan.

          1.35 " Effective Date " shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

          1.36 " EMEA " shall mean the European Medicines Evaluation Agency or any successor agency thereto.

          1.37 " Excluded Territory " shall mean the United States.

          1.38 " Executive Officers " shall mean the Chief Executive Officer of Regeneron and the Chief Executive Officer of Bayer HealthCare AG, a German corporation having a principal place of business at 51368 Leverkusen, Germany.

          1.39 " Existing Licenses" shall mean the agreements listed in Schedule 4.

          1.40 " FDA " shall mean the United States Food and Drug Administration and any successor agency thereto.

          1.41 " Field " shall mean the treatment and/or diagnosis of any ocular disease or disorder through the local administration of any product to the eye, including, without limitation, by topical, intravitreal, periorbital, implants or other means of local administration to the eye.

          1.42 " Finished Product " shall mean a Licensed Product in the Field in its finished, labeled and packaged form, ready for sale to the market or use in clinical or pre-clinical trials, as the case may be.

          1.43 " First Commercial Sale " shall mean, with respect to a Licensed Product in a country in the Territory (or, solely for purposes of Section 19.7(c), in the Excluded Territory), the first commercial sale of the Finished Product to non-Sublicensee Third Parties for use in the Field in such country (or group of countries) following receipt of Marketing Approval. Sales for test marketing or clinical trial purposes or compassionate or similar use shall not constitute a First Commercial Sale.

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          1.44 " Formulated Bulk Product " shall mean Licensed Product in the Field formulated into solution or in a lyophilized form, ready for storage or shipment to a manufacturing facility, to allow processing into the final dosage form.

          1.45 " FTE " shall mean a full time equivalent employee ( i . e ., one fully-committed or multiple partially-committed employees aggregating to one full-time employee) employed or contracted by a Party and assigned to perform specified work, with such commitment of time and effort to constitute one employee performing such work on a full-time basis, which for purposes hereof shall be [********] per year.

          1.46 " GAAP " shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

          1.47 " Global Development Budget " shall mean the three-year rolling budget(s) approved by the JSC in the Global Development Plan.

          1.48 " Global Development Plan " shall mean the three-year rolling plan approved by the JSC for Developing Licensed Products in the Field as part of an integrated worldwide Development program, including the related Global Development Budget, as the same may be amended from time-to-time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Global Development Plan activities may be undertaken entirely or partially in the Excluded Territory if approved by the JSC. For the avoidance of doubt, the Global Development Plan will not include (a) any Development activities that are conducted or sponsored by a Party which are only required for a specific Approval in the Territory (including activities under the Territory Development Plan) or the Excluded Territory, (b) Non-Approval Trials or (c) any studies conducted for Pricing Approval or formulary approval.

          1.49 " Good Practices " shall mean compliance with the applicable standards contained in then-current "Good Laboratory Practices," "Good Manufacturing Practices" and/or "Good Clinical Practices," as promulgated by the FDA and all analogous guidelines promulgated by the EMEA or the ICH, as applicable.

          1.50 " Governmental Authority " shall mean any court, agency, authority, department, regulatory body or other instrumentality of any government or country or of any national, federal, state, provincial, regional, county, city or other political subdivision of any such government or any supranational organization of which any such country is a member.

          1.51 " IAS/IFRS" shall mean International Accounting Standards/International Financial Reporting Standards of the International Accounting Standards Board.

          1.52 " ICH " shall mean the International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use.

          1.53 " IND " shall mean, with respect to each Licensed Product in the Field, an Investigational New Drug Application filed with respect to such Product, as

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described in the FDA regulations, including all amendments and supplements to the application, and any equivalent filing with any Regulatory Authority outside the United States.

          1.54 " Joint Patent Rights " shall mean Patent Rights that cover a Joint Invention.

          1.55 " Know-How " shall mean any and all proprietary technical or scientific information, know-how, data, test results, knowledge, techniques, discoveries, inventions, specifications, designs, trade secrets, regulatory filings and other information (whether or not patentable or otherwise protected by trade secret Law) which (a) are now or hereafter during the Term owned by, licensed to or otherwise held by (i) a Party, (ii) any Affiliate of Company that is engaged in the Development or Commercialization of Licensed Products pursuant to this Agreement or (iii) any of Regeneron’s Affiliates, with the rights to license or sublicense the same, and (b) relate to a Product in the Field and are necessary or useful for the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of a Product in the Field, including, without limitation, New Information.

          1.56 " Law" or "Laws " shall mean all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, injunctions and/or ordinances of any Governmental Authority.

          1.57 " Lead Regulatory Party " shall mean the Party having responsibility for preparing, prosecuting and maintaining Registration Filings and any Approvals for Licensed Products in the Field under this Agreement, and for related regulatory duties.

          1.58 " Legal Dispute " shall mean any dispute, controversy or claim related to compliance with this Agreement or the validity, breach, termination or interpretation of this Agreement.

          1.59 " Licensed Products " shall mean Regeneron Products and Company Products.

          1.60 " Major Market Country " shall mean [******************************** and [*******].

          1.61 " Manufacture" or "Manufacturing " shall mean activities directed to producing, manufacturing, processing, filling, finishing, packaging, labeling, quality assurance testing and release, shipping and/or storage of Formulated Bulk Product, Finished Product, placebo or a comparator agent, as the case may be.

          1.62 " Marketing Approval " shall mean an approval of the applicable Regulatory Authority necessary for the marketing and sale of a Licensed Product in an indication in the Field in any country, but excluding any separate Pricing Approval.

          1.63 " Medical Affairs Cost " shall mean, for each country in the Territory, the product of (a) the number of office-based FTEs supporting the coordination of Non-Approval Trials related to the Licensed Products in the Field as agreed upon in the

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Country Commercialization Plan or Territory Commercialization Plan and (b) the applicable Medical Affairs FTE Rate.

          1.64 " Medical Affairs FTE Rate " shall mean, on a Region-by-Region or one or more Major Market Countries basis in the Territory (determined based on the location of the medical affairs professional), a rate agreed upon in local currency by the Parties prior to the expected start of the first Non-Approval Trial in such Region or Major Market Country, as applicable, based upon the fully burdened cost of medical affairs professionals of pharmaceutical companies in the Field in the applicable country, such amount to be adjusted as of January 1 of each following Contract Year by the percentage increase or decrease, if any, in the applicable CPI through June 30 of the prior calendar year. The Medical Affairs FTE Rate shall be inclusive of Out-of-Pocket Costs and other expenses for the employee providing the services, including travel costs and allocated costs, such as, for example, allocated overhead costs.

          1.65 " Net Sales " shall mean the gross amount invoiced for bona fide arms’ length sales of Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory by or on behalf of Company or its Affiliates or Sublicensees to Third Parties, less the following deductions determined in accordance with Company’s standard methods as generally and consistently applied by Company:

(a) normal and customary trade, cash and/or quantity discounts allowed and taken with respect to Licensed Product sales;

(b) amounts repaid or credited by reason of defects, rejections, recalls, returns, rebates and allowances;

(c) chargebacks and other amounts paid on sale or dispensing of Licensed Products;

(d) Third Party cash rebates and chargebacks related to sales of the Licensed Product, to the extent allowed;

(e) retroactive price reductions that are actually allowed or granted;

(f) compulsory payments and rebates directly related to the sale of Licensed Products, accrued, paid or deducted pursuant to agreements (including, but not limited to, managed care agreements) or government regulations;

(g) freight, insurance and other transportation charges, to the extent included in the invoice price;

(h) tariffs, duties, excise, value-added, consumption or other taxes (other than taxes based on income), to the extent included in the invoice price; and

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(i) any other specifically identifiable costs or charges included in the gross invoiced sales price of such Licensed Product falling within categories substantially equivalent to those listed above.

          Sales between the Parties, or between the Parties and their Affiliates or Sublicensees, for resale, shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating Net Sales. Any of the items set forth above that would otherwise be deducted from the invoice price in the calculation of Net Sales but which are separately charged to, and paid by, Third Parties shall not be deducted from the invoice price in the calculation of Net Sales. In the case of any sale of a Licensed Product for consideration other than cash, such as barter or countertrade, Net Sales shall be calculated on the fair market value of the consideration received as agreed by the Parties. Solely for purposes of calculating Net Sales, if Company or its Affiliate or Sublicensee sells such Licensed Products in the form of a combination product containing any Product and one or more active ingredients (whether combined in a single formulation or package, as applicable, or formulated or packaged separately but sold together for a single price in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement) (a " Combination Product "), Net Sales of such Combination Product for the purpose of determining the Territory Profit Split pursuant to this Agreement will be calculated by multiplying actual Net Sales of such Combination Product as determined in the first paragraph of this definition of "Net Sales" by the fraction A/(A+B), where A is the invoice price of such Licensed Product if sold separately, and B is the total invoice price of the other active ingredient(s) in the combination if sold separately. If, on a country-by-country basis, such other active ingredient(s) in the Combination Product is not sold separately in such country, but the Licensed Product component of the Combination Product is sold separately in such country, Net Sales for the purpose of determining Territory Profit Split pursuant to this Agreement for the Combination Product shall be calculated by multiplying actual Net Sales of the Combination Product by the fraction A/C, where A is the invoice price of the Licensed Product component if sold separately, and C is the invoice price of the Combination Product. If, on a country-by-country basis, the Licensed Product component is not sold separately in that country, Net Sales for the purpose of determining the Territory Profit Split pursuant to this Agreement for the Combination Product shall be calculated by multiplying actual Net Sales of the Combination Product by the fraction D/(D+E), where D is the fair market value of the portion of the Combination Product that contains the Licensed Product and E is the fair market value of the portion of the Combination Product containing the other active ingredient(s) included in such Combination Product, as such fair market values are determined by mutual agreement of the Parties through the JFC.

          1.66 " New Information " shall mean any and all ideas, inventions, data, writings, protocols, discoveries, improvements, trade secrets, materials or other proprietary information not generally known to the public, which may arise or be conceived or developed by (a) either Party,(b) any Affiliate of Company that is engaged in the Development or Commercialization of Licensed Products pursuant to this Agreement, (c) any of Regeneron’s Affiliates or (d) the Parties or their Affiliates jointly, during the Term pursuant to this Agreement to the extent specifically related to any Licensed Product in the Field, including, without limitation, information and data included in any Plans or Registration Filings made under this Agreement.

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          1.67 " New License " shall mean any license approved by the JSC, other than Existing Licenses, required for the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of any Licensed Product in the Field under this Agreement.

          1.68 " Other Shared Expenses " shall mean those costs and expenses specifically referred to in Sections 3.4(b)(xii), 7.7, 12.2(e), 12.3(b), 13.1(c), 13.3(b), 13.3(d) and 17.1(c) which, except as set forth in Section 3.4(b)(xii) or elsewhere in this Agreement, shall be shared equally between the Parties.

          1.69 " Out-of-Pocket Costs " shall mean costs and expenses paid to Third Parties (or payable to Third Parties and accrued in accordance with GAAP or IAS/IFRS) by either Party and/or its Affiliates in accordance with the applicable Plan.

          1.70 " Party Information " shall mean any and all trade secrets or other proprietary information, including, without limitation, any proprietary data, inventions, ideas, discoveries and materials (whether or not patentable or protectable as a trade secret) not generally known to the public regarding a Party’s or its Affiliates’ technology, products, business or objectives, in each case, other than New Information, which are disclosed or made available by a Party or such Party’s Affiliates to the other Party or the other Party’s Affiliates in connection with this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all confidential information disclosed by Regeneron under the terms of the confidentiality agreement between the Parties dated July 6, 2006 is hereby deemed Party Information of Regeneron.

          1.71 " Patent Application " shall mean any application for a Patent.

          1.72 " Patent Rights " shall mean unexpired Patents and Patent Applications.

          1.73 " Patents " shall mean patents and all substitutions, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations and extensions thereof and supplemental protection certificates relating thereto, and all counterparts thereof in any country in the world.

          1.74 " Person " shall mean and include an individual, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, corporation, firm, trust, unincorporated organization and government or other department or agency thereof.

          1.75 " Phase 2 Trial " shall mean a controlled dose ranging clinical trial to evaluate further the efficacy and safety of a Licensed Product in the Field in the targeted patient population and to help define the optimal dose and/or dosing regimen.

          1.76 " Phase 3 Trial " shall mean a clinical trial that is designed to gather further evidence of safety and efficacy of a Licensed Product in the Field (and to help evaluate its overall risks and benefits) and is intended to support Marketing Approval for a Licensed Product in the Field in one or more countries in the Territory. A Phase 3 Trial typically follows at least one Phase 2 Trial.

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          1.77 " Plan " shall mean any Country Commercialization Plan, Territory Commercialization Plan, Global Development Plan, Territory Development Plan, Manufacturing Plan or other plan approved through the Committee process relating to the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of Licensed Products in the Field under this Agreement.

          1.78 " Pre-Launch Marketing Expenses " shall mean, on a country-by-country basis in the Territory, with respect to each Licensed Product, all Commercialization expenses to support the Licensed Products in the Field incurred prior to the First Commercial Sale of such Licensed Product in the Field in the country.

          1.79 " Pricing Approval " shall mean such approval, agreement, determination or governmental decision establishing prices for a Licensed Product that can be charged to consumers and will be reimbursed by Governmental Authorities in countries in the Territory where Governmental Authorities or Regulatory Authorities of such country approve or determine pricing for pharmaceutical products for reimbursement or otherwise.

          1.80 " Product " shall mean [*******************************************]. Except as expressly set forth herein, the defined term "Product" shall refer exclusively to any such molecule Manufactured, Developed and/or Commercialized in the Field.

          1.81 " Product Trademark " shall mean, with respect to each Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory, the trademark(s) selected by the JCC and approved by the JSC for use on such Licensed Product throughout the Territory and/or accompanying logos, slogans, trade names, trade dress and/or other indicia of origin, in each case as selected by the JCC and approved by the JSC.

          1.82 " Promotional Materials " shall mean, with respect to each Licensed Product, promotional, advertising, communication and educational materials relating to such Licensed Product for use in connection with the marketing, promotion and sale of such Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory, and the content thereof, and shall include, without limitation, promotional literature, product support materials and promotional giveaways.

          1.83 " Quarter" or "Quarterly " shall refer to a calendar quarter, except that the first Quarter shall commence on the Effective Date and extend to the end of the then-current calendar quarter and the last calendar quarter shall extend from the first day of such calendar quarter until the effective date of the termination or expiration of the Agreement.

          1.84 " Regeneron Excluded Territory Intellectual Property " shall mean Regeneron Patent Rights and Know-How that cover, claim or are used for the Development, Manufacture and/or Commercialization of Company Products under the Plans, but excluding (a) any Regeneron Patent Rights covering the composition of any Regeneron Products, including, without limitation, the VEGF Trap, and (b) any New

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Information or Party Information arising from the Development, Manufacture and/or Commercialization of Regeneron Products.

          1.85 " Regeneron Intellectual Property " shall mean the Regeneron Patent Rights and any Know-How of Regeneron or any of its Affiliates.

          1.86 " Regeneron Patent Rights " shall mean those Patent Rights which, (a) at the Effective Date or at any time thereafter during the Term, are owned by, licensed to or otherwise held by Regeneron or any of its Affiliates (other than pursuant to this Agreement), including, without limitation, Patent Rights covering formulation and delivery technologies, with the right to license or sublicense the same, and (b) include at least one Valid Claim which would be infringed by the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of a Product in the Field.

          1.87 " Regeneron Products " shall mean Products which are now or hereafter during the Term owned by, licensed to or otherwise held by Regeneron or any of its Affiliates (other than pursuant to this Agreement), including, without limitation, the VEGF Trap.

          1.88 " Region " shall mean [********************************] and [*******].

          1.89 " Registration Filing " shall mean the submission to the relevant Regulatory Authority of an appropriate application seeking any Approval, and shall include, without limitation, any IND or Marketing Approval application in the Field.

          1.90 " Regulatory Authority " shall mean any federal, national, multinational, state, provincial or local regulatory agency, department, bureau or other governmental entity anywhere in the world with authority over the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of any Licensed Product in the Field under this Agreement. The term "Regulatory Authority" includes, without limitation, the FDA, the EMEA and the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

          1.91 " Rest of World Country " shall mean any country in the Territory other than the Major Market Countries.

          1.92 " Sales Force Cost " shall mean, for a country in the Territory, the product of (a) the number of FTEs detailing the Licensed Products in the Field in the country in accordance with the approved Country Commercialization Plan and (b) the applicable Sales Force FTE Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither "Sales Force Cost" nor, for clarity, "Shared Promotion Expenses," shall include the costs related to [*******************************************]

          1.93 " Sales Force FTE Rate " shall mean, on a Region-by-Region or one or more Major Market Countries basis (determined based on the location of the sales representative), a rate agreed upon in local currency by the Parties at least eighteen (18) months prior to the Anticipated First Commercial Sale in the Region or Major Market Country, as applicable, based upon the fully burdened cost of sales representatives of

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pharmaceutical companies in the Field in the applicable country, such amount to be adjusted as of January 1 of each following Contract Year by the percentage increase or decrease, if any, in the applicable CPI through June 30 of the prior calendar year. The Sales Force FTE Rate shall be inclusive of Out-of-Pocket Costs and other expenses for the employee providing the services, including travel costs and allocated costs, such as, for example, allocated overhead costs.

          1.94 " Shared Promotion Expenses " shall mean the sum of the following items, in each case to the extent attributable to Commercialization of Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory in accordance with an approved Country Commercialization Plan or Territory Commercialization Plan:

(a) [***********************] to cover the cost of distribution, freight, insurance and warehousing, related to the sale of Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory;

(b) bad debt attributable to Licensed Products in the Field sold in the Territory;

(c) Sales Force Cost;

(d) Medical Affairs Cost;

(e) Out-of-Pocket Costs related to (i) the marketing, advertising and/or promotion of Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory (including, without limitation, educational expenses, advocate development programs and symposia and Promotional Materials), (ii) market research for Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory and (iii) the preparation of training and communication materials for Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory;

(f) a portion of Out-of-Pocket Costs agreed upon by the Parties related to the marketing, advertising and promotion of Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory (including, without limitation, educational expenses, advocate development programs and symposia, and promotional materials) to the extent such marketing, advertising and promotion (i) relate to both Licensed Products and other Company products or (ii) relate to Licensed Products in the Field in both the Territory and the Excluded Territory, in each case, as agreed upon in an approved Territory Commercialization Plan or Country Commercialization Plan;

(g) Out-of-Pocket Costs related to Non-Approval Trials for Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory, including, without limitation, the Out-of-Pocket Cost of clinical research organizations, investigator and expert fees, lab fees and scientific service fees, the Out-of-Pocket Cost of shipping clinical supplies to centers or disposal of clinical supplies, in each case, to the extent not included in Commercial Supply Cost; and

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(h) Commercial Overhead Charge.

          The foregoing shall not include any costs which have been included in Development Costs. For clarity, it is the intent of the Parties that costs and headcount included in the foregoing will not be unfairly allocated to the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory (to the extent that any Shared Promotion Expense is attributable, in part, to products or activities other than the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory) and, in each case, will only be included once in the calculation of the Quarterly True-Up.

          1.95 " Shares of Then Outstanding Capital Stock " shall mean, at any time, the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class A Stock of Regeneron at such time, as well as all capital stock issued and outstanding as a result of any stock split, stock dividend or reclassification of Common Stock or Class A Stock distributable, on a pro rata basis, to all holders of Common Stock and Class A Stock.

          1.96 " Sublicensee " shall mean a Third Party or an Affiliate to whom Company will have granted a license or sublicense under Company’s rights pursuant to Section 4.3 to Commercialize Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory. For the avoidance of doubt, a "Sublicensee" will include a Third Party to whom Company will have granted the right to distribute Licensed Products in the Field wherein such distributor pays to Company a royalty (or other amount) based upon the revenues received by the distributor for the sale (or resale) of Licensed Products by such distributor.

          1.97 " Territory Commercialization Budget " shall mean the three-year rolling budget(s) included in the Territory Commercialization Plan.

          1.98 " Territory Commercialization Plan " shall mean the three-year rolling plan for Commercializing the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory approved by the JSC, including the Territory Commercialization Budget, as the same may be amended from time-to-time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Territory Commercialization Plan shall set forth for each Licensed Product, the information, plans and forecasts set forth in Section 6.2.

          1.99 " Territory " shall mean all the countries of the world, except the Excluded Territory.

          1.100 " Territory Development Plan " shall mean the three-year rolling plan approved by the JSC for Developing the Licensed Products in the Field for a specific country (or countries) in the Territory, including the related Territory Development Budget, as the same may be amended from time-to-time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Territory Development Plan will not include (a) any Development activities that are conducted as part of the Global Development Plan or (b) Non-Approval Trials, but will include any other clinical trials of the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory, including any studies or other activities conducted for Pricing Approval.

          1.101 " Territory Development Budget " shall mean the three-year rolling budget(s) approved by the JSC in the Territory Development Plan.

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          1.102 " Third Party " shall mean any Person other than Company or Regeneron or any Affiliate of either Party.

          1.103 " United States," "US" or "U.S." shall mean the United States of America (including its territories and possessions) and Puerto Rico.

          1.104 " Valid Claim " shall mean a claim (a) of any issued, unexpired Patent that has not been revoked or held unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a court or governmental agency of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal can be taken, or with respect to which an appeal is not taken within the time allowed for appeal, and that has not been disclaimed or admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer or otherwise or (b) of any Patent Application that has not been cancelled, withdrawn or abandoned or pending for more than seven (7) years.

          1.105 " VEGF " shall mean vascular endothelial growth factor.

          1.106 " VEGF Trap " shall mean [*************************]

          1.107 " Additional Definitions ." Each of the following definitions is set forth in the Sections (or Schedules) of this Agreement indicated below:

 

 

 

 

DEFINITION

 

SECTION/SCHEDULE

 

 

 

Aggregate Regeneron Payment Amount

 

9.2(a)

Alliance Manager

 

3.2(a)

Collaboration

 

Preamble

Collaboration Purpose

 

3.1(b)

Company Products

 

2.6

Development Budget(s)

 

5.3

Development Overrun

 

9.11

Expert Panel

 

0.4

Global Brand

 

3.4(b)(i)

Global Development Balance

 

Schedule 2

Global True-Up

 

Schedule 2

Governance Dispute

 

10.2

Initial Development Plan

 

5.2

JCC

 

3.1(a)

JDC

 

3.1(a)

JFC

 

3.1(a)

JSC

 

3.1(a)

Joint Invention

 

12.1(b)

Manufacturing Cost

 

Schedule 1

Manufacturing Plan

 

8.4

Marketing Guidelines

 

3.4(b)(v)

Non-Approval Trials

 

6.2(j)



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DEFINITION

 

SECTION/SCHEDULE

 

 

 

Non-Incurred Amount

 

5.3

Project Manager

 

3.9

Regeneron Reimbursement Amount

 

Schedule 2

Quarterly True-Up

 

Schedule 2

Term

 

19.1(a)

Termination Notice Period

 

19.2

Territory Profit Split

 

Schedule 2

Working Group

 

3.1(a)



ARTICLE II
COLLABOR
A
TION

          2.1 Scope of Collaboration . The Parties will cooperate in good faith under this Agreement and each Party will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Develop Licensed Products in the Field for the purpose of Commercializing Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory. Company will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Commercialize Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory. The Parties shall establish various Committees as set forth in Article 3 of this Agreement to oversee and/or coordinate the Development of Licensed Products in the Field and oversee the Commercialization of Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory, and each Party shall, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Article 16, provide (or cause its Affiliates to provide) to any relevant Committee any necessary Party Information, New Information and such other information and materials as may be reasonably required for the Parties to effectively and efficiently Develop and Manufacture Licensed Products in the Field and for Company (and, if agreed to by Company or set forth in the Plans, Regeneron) to effectively and efficiently Commercialize the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory under this Agreement.

          2.2 Compliance With Law . Both Company and Regeneron, and their respective Affiliates, shall perform their obligations under this Agreement in an effort to Develop, Manufacture and Commercialize Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory in accordance with applicable Law. No Party or any of its Affiliates shall, or shall be required to, undertake any activity under or in connection with this Agreement which violates, or which it believes, in good faith, may violate, any applicable Law.

          2.3 Further Assurances and Transaction Approvals . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, each of the Parties will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to (a) take, or cause to be taken, all actions necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws or otherwise to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) obtain from the requisite Governmental Authorities any consents, licenses, permits, waivers, approvals, authorizations or orders required to be obtained or made by such Party in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery by such Party of this Agreement and the consummation by such Party of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (c) make all necessary filings, and thereafter make any other advisable submissions, with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement required to be made by such Party under applicable Laws. The Parties will cooperate with each other in connection with the making

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of all such filings. Each Party will furnish to the other Party all information in its possession or under its control required for any applicable or other filing to be made pursuant to the rules and regulations of any applicable Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

          2.4 Compliance with Third Party Agreements . Each Party agrees to comply with the obligations set forth in (a) the Existing Licenses and the New Licenses to which it is a party and to notify the other Party of any terms or conditions in any such Existing License or New License with which such other Party is required to comply as a licensee or sublicensee, as the case may be, and (b) any other material agreement to which it is a party and that is related to the Collaboration, including, without limitation, any obligations to pay royalties, fees or other amounts due thereunder. Moreover, each Party shall take all actions reasonably necessary to ensure the other Party’s ability to comply with (i) any such Existing License or New License (including any such terms and conditions with which such Party is required to comply as a sublicensee), and (ii) any such material agreement entered into pursuant to a Plan. Neither Party may terminate or amend any Existing License, New License or any other material agreement entered into pursuant to a Plan without the prior written consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, if the amendment or termination imposes any material liability or restriction on either Party with respect to the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory.

          2.5 Plans . The Parties shall undertake all Development and Commercialization activities under this Agreement solely in accordance with the Committee approved Plans. The Parties may agree to amend all Plans and budgets from time to time as circumstances may require.

          2.6 Limitation on Exercise of Rights Outside of Collaboration.

               (a) During the Term, except as set forth in this Agreement, neither Party nor any of its Affiliates, either alone or through any Third Party, shall Develop or Commercialize any Product in the Field in the Territory, except pursuant to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in the preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Agreement shall limit or restrict either Party’s right to research, develop, make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, have sold, import and export its Products outside the Field, including, without limitation, Regeneron’s and Aventis’ activities under the Aventis Agreement.

               (b) If a Party (the " Proposing Party ") presents a proposal to the JDC to undertake additional clinical trials not contemplated in a Development Plan to support a Licensed Product in the Field and the JDC fails to approve the proposal within the timeframe established by the JDC pursuant to Section 5.5, then the Proposing Party may, at its option and at its sole expense, conduct such additional clinical trial(s) outside the scope of the Development Plans; provided, however, the Proposing Party must first present the proposed protocols and clinical trial designs to the other Party for approval, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and, for other than

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Non-Approval Trials or trials conducted solely for purposes of obtaining Approvals in the Excluded Territory, shall also present to the other Party the related budgets for Clinical Supply Costs and Out-of-Pocket Costs (provided that such budgets shall be provided for informational purposes only and may not be used to disapprove such protocols and designs). The other Party’s representatives on the JDC may only disapprove any such protocols or clinical trial designs for material safety reasons. If, in compliance with this Section 2.6(b), the other Party does not approve any such protocols or clinical trial designs for material safety reasons, the Proposing Party may not proceed with the proposed clinical trials unless and until the dispute has been resolved as provided in Section 3.10(b) and, if necessary, Section 10.4. In the event that the Proposing Party conducts any such additional clinical trials, all results, Know-How and Patent Rights generated in or arising from any such clinical trial shall be subject to the grants of rights pursuant to Article 4 of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no consideration or reimbursement shall be paid to the Proposing Party with respect to the conduct of any such additional clinical trials; provided, however, that if the Parties subsequently agree to commence a further clinical trial based on the results of such additional clinical trial(s) or data is used from such additional clinical trials to support an Approval in the Territory, then the other Party shall be required to reimburse the Proposing Party for [*************] of the actual Out-of-Pocket Costs and Clinical Supply Costs incurred in connection with the conduct of such additional clinical trial(s) that are consistent with the budgets provided to the other Party pursuant to this Section 2.6(b) (if applicable) and the other terms of this Agreement. Nothing in this Section 2.6(b) shall permit Regeneron to make a Registration Filing in the Territory or seek an Approval in the Territory based on any results or data obtained in conducting the additional clinical trial(s) allowed under this Section 2.6(b), and publication of all data and results thereof shall be subject to Article 16.

               (c) If Company determines that one of its or one of its Affiliates’ internal product candidates constitutes a Product in the Field or if Company or its Affiliate acquires rights to a Product in the Field in the Territory from a Third Party, Company shall promptly present a proposal to the JDC to include such Product in the Collaboration based on the terms of this Agreement, and, as part of such presentation, shall provide the JDC with all information with respect to such Product reasonably available to Company and material to a decision by Regeneron’s representatives on the JDC as to whether to approve the inclusion of such Product in the Collaboration. If Regeneron’s representatives on the JDC, in their sole discretion, approve such inclusion of such Product in the Collaboration as a Licensed Product, then such Product shall be included in the Collaboration on the terms of this Agreement (such Products being referred to as " Company Products "). If Regeneron’s representatives on the JDC, in their sole discretion, do not approve such inclusion of such Product in the Collaboration, then, for such Products arising from Company’s or its Affiliates’ internal research and development activities or to which Company or its Affiliates acquire rights, Company or its Affiliates may continue to Develop such Product in the Field in the Territory up to the completion of Phase 2 Trials, at which time Company shall present to Regeneron’s representatives on the JDC the available clinical data with respect to such Product for the approval by Regeneron’s

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representatives on the JDC of inclusion of such Product in the Collaboration as a Licensed Product under the terms of this Agreement. If Regeneron’s representatives on the JDC do not, in their sole discretion, approve the inclusion of such Product in the Collaboration on the terms of this Agreement, then Company or its Affiliates may license or otherwise transfer rights to such Product in the Territory in the Field to a Third Party without any further consideration or payments to Regeneron. However, neither Company nor any of its Affiliates may participate in the further Development or Commercialization of such Products in the Field in the Territory. For the avoidance of doubt, any modification, derivative or new formulation of a Regeneron Product Developed by either Party shall be considered a Regeneron Product and not a Company Product.

          2.7 Excluded Territory Activities . Notwithstanding that a Company Product or a Regeneron Product is deemed a Licensed Product hereunder, and for the avoidance of doubt, Company shall have the exclusive right and authority, in its discretion, to exploit Company Products in the Field in the Excluded Territory and Regeneron shall have the exclusive right and authority, in its discretion, to exploit Regeneron Products in the Field in the Excluded Territory, in each case, subject only to the terms of this Agreement that expressly apply to Licensed Products in the Field in the Excluded Territory. Each Party agrees to reasonably communicate and consult with the other Party (through the JDC or the other Party’s representatives on the JDC, with respect to Development activities, and through the JCC or the other Party’s representatives on the JCC, with respect to commercialization activities) on material Development and commercialization activities relating to Licensed Products in the Field in the Excluded Territory. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision in this Agreement, neither Party nor any Committee shall have the right or authority to manage or control the internal operations of the other Party or to approve, modify, impede or delay any of the other Party’s commercialization or Development plans or activities for its Products in the Excluded Territory (other than as contemplated under or in connection with the Global Development Plan). Each Party shall reasonably inform the JDC or the JCC or the other Party’s representatives on the JDC or JCC, as applicable, of (a) all material clinical and regulatory matters directly relating to its Products in the Excluded Territory, whether or not addressed in the Global Development Plan, and (b) any other Development or commercialization activities directly relating to its Products in the Excluded Territory to the extent such matters or activities would be reasonably expected to materially adversely affect, or have a material impact on, the Development or Commercialization of Licensed Products in the Territory. To the extent any of the foregoing matters or activities in the Excluded Territory are undertaken pursuant to the Global Development Plan, each Party shall comply with the Global Development Plan; otherwise, the Party Developing and/or commercializing its Product(s) in the Excluded Territory shall consider in good faith all comments of the JDC and the JCC (or the other Party’s representatives on the JDC or JCC) with respect to such matters and activities.

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ARTICLE III
MANAGEMENT

          3.1 Committees/Management.

               (a) The Parties agree to establish, for the purposes specified herein, a Joint Steering Committee (the " JSC "), a Joint Development Committee (the " JDC "), a Joint Commercialization Committee (the " JCC "), a Joint Finance Committee (the " JFC ") and such other Committees as the Parties deem appropriate. The roles and responsibilities of each Committee are set forth in this Agreement (or as may be determined by the JSC for Committees established in the future) and may be further designated by the JSC. From time to time, each Committee may establish working groups (each, a " Working Group ") to oversee particular projects or activities, and each such Working Group shall be constituted and shall operate as the Committee which establishes the Working Group determines.

               (b) Each of the Committees and the Executive Officers shall exercise its decision-making authority hereunder in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner for the purpose of optimizing the commercial potential of and financial returns from the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory consistent with Commercially Reasonable Efforts and without regard to any other pharmaceutical product being developed or commercialized in the Field by or through a Party or any of its Affiliates (the " Collaboration Purpose "). The Parties acknowledge and agree that none of the Committees or the Executive Officers shall have the power to amend any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, other than by mutual agreement of the Parties as set forth in Section 20.5.

          3.2 Joint Steering Committee.

               (a)  Formation; Composition and Purpose . Within ten (10) days after the Effective Date, the Parties will establish the JSC, which shall have overall responsibility for the oversight of the Collaboration. The purpose of the JSC shall be (i) to review and approve the overall strategy for an integrated worldwide Development program; for the Manufacture of Licensed Products in the Field for use in activities under the Plans and for the Commercialization of Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory; (ii) to review the efforts of the Parties in performing their responsibilities under the Plans and (iii) to oversee the Committees and resolve matters pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.10 below on which such Committees are unable to reach consensus. The JSC shall be composed of at least three (3) senior executives of each Party; provided that the total number of representatives may be changed upon mutual agreement of the Parties (so long as each Party has an equal number of representatives). In addition, each Party shall appoint a senior representative who possesses a general understanding of clinical, regulatory, manufacturing and marketing issues to act as its Alliance Manager (" Alliance Manager ") to the JSC. Each Alliance Manager shall be charged with creating and maintaining a collaborative work environment within and among all Committees.

               (b)  Specific Responsibilities . In addition to its overall responsibility for overseeing the Collaboration, the JSC shall in particular (i) annually

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review and approve the Development Plan(s), Manufacturing Plan(s) and Territory Commercialization Plan(s); (ii) at least semi-annually review the efforts of the Parties in performing their respective Development and Commercialization activities under the then effective Plans; (iii) attempt in good faith to resolve any disputes referred to it by any of the Committees and provide a single-point communication for seeking consensus regarding key global strategy and Plan issues; (iv) establish sub-committees of the JSC as the JSC deems appropriate and (v) consider and act upon such other matters as are specified in this Agreement or otherwise agreed to by the Parties.

          3.3 Joint Development Committee.

               (a)  Formation; Composition and Purpose . Within ten (10) days after the Effective Date, the Parties will establish the JDC. The purpose of the JDC shall be (i) to advise the JSC on the strategy for the Development of Licensed Products in the Field as part of an integrated worldwide Development program; (ii) to develop (or oversee the development of), review and annually update and present to the JSC for approval the Development Plan(s) (and related Development Budget(s)) and (iii) to oversee the implementation of the Development Plan(s) and the Development operational aspects of the Collaboration. The JDC shall be composed of at least three (3) senior executives of each Party; provided that each Party must appoint, as one of its representatives on the JDC, its Project Manager and provided further, that the total number of representatives may be changed upon mutual agreement of the Parties (so long as each Party has an equal number of representatives).

               (b)  Specific Responsibilities . In particular, subject to Section 2.7, the JDC shall be responsible for:

          (i) advising the JSC on the overall global Development strategy for the Licensed Products in the Field;

          (ii) facilitating an exchange of Development data between the Parties and developing and updating the Development Plans (and related Development Budgets), as described in Sections 5.2 and 5.3, for final approval by the JSC;

          (iii) developing (or overseeing the development of), reviewing, annually updating and overseeing the implementation of, and compliance with, the Development Plans (including the Development Budgets);

          (iv) developing forecasts for Clinical Supply Requirements to enable the timely preparation of the Manufacturing Plan;

          (v) overseeing clinical and regulatory matters pertaining to Licensed Products in the Field arising from the Plans; advising on material clinical and regulatory matters and other Development activities in the Excluded Territory that are reasonably expected to

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materially adversely affect, or have a material impact on, the Development of Licensed Products in the Territory; and reviewing and approving protocols, statistical analysis plans, clinical study endpoints, clinical methodology and monitoring requirements for clinical trials of Licensed Products in the Field as contemplated under the Development Plans and for Non-Approval Trials;

          (vi) reviewing and approving proposed target Licensed Product labeling and reviewing, and to the extent set forth herein approving, proposed changes to Product labeling with respect to Licensed Products in the Field in accordance with Section 7.2(f) ;

          (vii) facilitating an exchange between the Parties of data, information, material and results relating to the Development of Licensed Products in the Field;

          (viii) formulating a life-cycle management strategy for Licensed Products in the Field and evaluating new opportunities for new formulations, delivery systems and improvements in concert with the JCC;

          (ix) establishing a regulatory Working Group responsible for overseeing, monitoring and coordinating the submission of Registration Filings in countries in the Territory, including coordinating material communications, filings and correspondence with Regulatory Authorities in the Territory in connection with the Licensed Products in the Field;

          (x) establishing a Working Group responsible for overseeing all basic research activities for Licensed Products in the Field conducted under the Global Development Plan; and

          (xi) considering and acting upon such other matters as are specified in this Agreement or by the JSC.

          3.4 Joint Commercialization Committee.

               (a)  Formation; Composition and Purpose . Within twenty (20) days after the Effective Date, the Parties will establish the JCC. The purpose of the JCC shall be (i) to develop and propose to the JDC and JSC the strategy for the Commercialization of Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory; (ii) to discuss and advise on certain commercialization activities for the Licensed Products in the Excluded Territory to the extent contemplated in Section 2.7; (iii) to develop (or oversee the development of), review and annually update and present to the JSC for approval the Territory Commercialization Plan (and related Territory Commercialization Budget); (iv) to develop (or oversee the development of), review and annually update and approve the Country Commercialization Plans (and related Country Commercialization Budgets) and (v) to oversee the implementation of the Territory Commercialization Plan and the

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Commercialization operational aspects of the Collaboration. The JCC shall be composed of at least two (2) senior executives of each Party.

               (b)  JCC Responsibilities . In particular, subject to Section 2.7, the JCC shall be responsible for:

          (i) recommending to the JSC whether a single brand will be used for Commercialization of Licensed Products for one or more indications throughout the Excluded Territory and the Territory (" Global Brand "). If the JCC agrees that a Global Brand(s) for the Licensed Products is desirable,[*****************************];

          (ii) developing and proposing to the JSC the strategy for the Commercialization of the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory;

          (iii) commencing no later than three (3) years prior to the Anticipated First Commercial Sale anywhere in the Territory, (A) developing, and updating at least annually, the Territory Commercialization Plans (and related Territory Commercialization Budgets) for final approval by the JSC and (B) approving the Country Commercialization Plan(s) (and related Country Commercialization Budget(s));

          (iv) developing forecasts for Commercial Supply Requirements for the Territory to enable the timely preparation of the Manufacturing Plan for review by the JSC;

          (v) developing and updating, as necessary [*******************************************] (collectively, the items referred to in this paragraph (v) shall be referred to as the " Marketing Guidelines ") as part of the Territory Commercialization Plan;

          (vi) developing target profiles for the Licensed Products in the Field;

          (vii) developing (or overseeing the development of), reviewing, annually updating and overseeing the implementation of and compliance with the Territory Commercialization Plans (including the Territory Commercialization Budgets) and Country Commercialization Plans (including the Country Commercialization Budgets), including ensuring that country specific launch plans in the Territory are consistent with the Marketing Guidelines;

          (viii) establishing, as necessary, sub-committees of the JCC;

          (ix) if the Parties agree to use a Global Brand, selecting a Product Trademark for Licensed Products in the Field in accordance with

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Section 11.2 and giving guidance on trade dress in the Field (****************************************************);

          (x) if the Parties agree to use a Global Brand, [*****************************************************]

          (xi) developing and implementing plans and policies regarding journal and other publications with respect to Licensed Products in the Field in concert with the JDC;

          (xii) allocating the appropriate cost for Commercialization activities that support the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory and the Excluded Territory as Other Shared Expenses and/or Shared Promotion Expenses, if applicable, in accordance with this Agreement and assigning responsibilities and approving budgets for such activities;

          (xiii) formulating a life-cycle management strategy for Licensed Products in the Field and evaluating new opportunities for new indications, formulations, delivery systems and improvements in concert with the JDC;

          (xiv) consulting on all commercialization activities for Licensed Products in the Field in the Excluded Territory that are reasonably expected to materially adversely affect, or have a material impact on, the Commercialization of Licensed Products in the Territory in accordance with, and subject to, Section 2.7 and Section 6.5; and

          (xv) considering and acting upon such other matters as are specified in this Agreement or by the JSC or JDC.

          3.5 Other Committees . Within ten (10) days after the Effective Date, the Parties will establish the JFC, which shall be responsible for accounting, financial (including planning, reporting and controls) and funds flow matters related to the Collaboration and this Agreement, including such specific responsibilities set forth in Article 9 and such other responsibilities determined by the JSC. The JFC also shall respond to inquiries from the JDC and the JCC, as needed.

          3.6 Membership . Each of the Committees shall be composed of an equal number of representatives appointed by each of Regeneron and Company. Each Party may replace its Committee members upon written notice to the other Party. Each Committee will have two (2) co-chairpersons, one designated by each of Regeneron and Company. Each co-chairperson shall be entitled to call meetings. The co-chairpersons shall coordinate activities to prepare and circulate an agenda in advance of the meeting and prepare and issue draft minutes of each meeting within seven (7) days thereafter and final minutes within thirty (30) days thereafter.

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          3.7 Meetings . Each Committee shall hold meetings at such times as the Parties shall determine, but in no event less frequently than every Quarter during the Term. If possible, the meetings shall be held in person (to the extent practicable, alternating the site for such meetings between the Parties) or when agreed by the Parties, by video or telephone conference. Other representatives of each Party or of Third Parties involved in the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of the Products (under obligations of confidentiality) may be invited by the Committee co-chairs to attend meetings of the Committees as nonvoting participants. Each Party shall be responsible for all of its own expenses of participating in the Committees. Either Party’s representatives on a Committee may call a special meeting of the applicable Committee upon at least five (5) Business Day’s prior written notice, except that emergency meetings may be called with at least one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice.

          3.8 Decision-Making . The Committees shall operate by consensus. The representatives of each Party shall have collectively one (1) vote on behalf of such Party; provided that no such vote taken at a meeting shall be valid unless a representative of each Party is present and participating in the vote. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party, in its sole discretion, by written notice to the other Party, may choose not to have representatives on a Committee and leave decisions of such Committee(s) to representatives of the other Party.

          3.9 Project Manager . Each of Company and Regeneron shall appoint a senior representative who possesses a general understanding of clinical, regulatory, manufacturing and marketing issues to act as its Project Manager (" Project Manager "). Each Project Manager will be responsible for:

               (a) coordinating the various functional activities of Company and Regeneron, as appropriate, in developing and executing strategies and Plans for the Licensed Products in the Field in an effort to ensure consistency and efficiency;

               (b) providing single-point communication for seeking consensus both within the respective Party’s organization and with the other Party’s organization regarding key strategy and Plan issues, as appropriate, including facilitating review of external corporate communications; and

               (c) identifying and raising cross-country, cross-Party and/or cross-functional disputes to the appropriate Committee in a timely manner.

          3.10 Resolution of Governance Matters . As provided in Section 10.2, this Section 3.10 shall apply to matters constituting, or which if not resolved would constitute, a Governance Dispute.

               (a)  Generally . The Parties shall cause their respective representatives on the Committees to use their Commercially Reasonable Efforts to resolve all matters presented to them as expeditiously as possible:

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          (i) in the case of any matter which cannot be resolved by the JDC, JCC, JFC or any other committee established by the JSC, at the request of either Party, such matter shall promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days (or one (1) Business Day in the event of an urgent matter) after such request, be referred to the JSC with a request for resolution;

          (ii) in the event a unanimous vote on any matter cannot be obtained at the JSC within five (5) Business Days after referral to it pursuant to (i) above, except as set forth in (iii) below, Company shall have the deciding vote with respect to those matters described in [**********************************,]and Regeneron shall have the deciding vote with respect to those matters described in [***********************************]. Neither Party shall have the deciding vote with respect to matters described in [****************************]. For the avoidance of doubt, [*********************************************]

          (iii) notwithstanding the above, and subject to Section 7.2(f), if either Party (the " First Party ") [*******************************************] then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures set forth in Section 3.10(b); provided, however, that the dispute resolution procedures set forth in Section 3.10(b) shall not apply and the terms of subsection (ii) above shall apply (and thus, the final decision of the Party authorized to cast the deciding vote shall be final and binding on the First Party) if [***************************************************].

               (b)  Referral to Executive Officers . In the event that the JSC is, after a period of five (5) Business Days from the date a matter is submitted to it for decision, unable to make a decision due to a lack of required unanimity, and one Party is not expressly allocated decision making authority over the matter as set forth in this Agreement, then either Party may require that the matter be submitted to the Executive Officers for a joint decision. In such event, either Party may, in a written notice to the other Party, formally request that the dispute be resolved by the Executive Officers, specifying the nature of the dispute with sufficient specificity to permit adequate consideration by such Executive Officers. The Executive Officers shall diligently and in good faith, attempt to resolve the referred dispute within five (5) Business Days of receiving such written notification, failing which, except for Legal Disputes (unless as jointly agreed by the Parties), either Party may by written notice to the other Party require the specific issue in dispute to be submitted for resolution by an Expert Panel pursuant to Section 10.4, if such dispute is with respect to a Technical Development Matter.

               (c)  Interim Budgets . Pending resolution by the Executive Officers of any referred dispute under Section 3.10(b) and subject to the terms of Section 19.2, the Executive Officers shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree to appropriate interim budgets and plans to allow the Parties to continue to use

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Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Develop, Manufacture and Commercialize the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory pursuant to this Agreement. The most recent Committee approved Plan(s) shall be extended pending approval by the Executive Officers of the interim budget(s) and Plan(s) referred to in this Section 3.10(c).

               (d)  Obligations of the Parties . The Parties shall cause their respective designees on the Committees and their respective Executive Officers to take the actions and make the decisions provided herein to be taken and made by such respective designees and Executive Officers in the manner and within the applicable time periods provided herein.

ARTICLE IV
LICENSE GRANTS

          4.1 Regeneron License Grants . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 4.5) and any Existing License or New License to which Regeneron is a party, Regeneron hereby grants to Company (a) the nontransferable (except as permitted by Section 20.9), co-exclusive (with Regeneron and its Affiliates) right and license under the Regeneron Intellectual Property to make, have made, use, develop, import and export Licensed Products for use in the Field in the Territory, and (b) the nontransferable (except as permitted by Section 20.9), exclusive right and license under the Regeneron Intellectual Property to sell and offer to sell Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory, subject to Regeneron’s right to supply Licensed Products to Company, as contemplated by this Agreement. Company will have the right to grant sublicenses under the foregoing license only as set forth in Section 4.3. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any Existing License or New License to which Regeneron is a party, Regeneron also grants to Company the nontransferable (except as permitted by Section 20.9), fully paid-up, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable right and license under Regeneron Excluded Territory Intellectual Property to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, have sold, import or export Company Products for use in the Field in the Excluded Territory.

          4.2 Company License Grants . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any Existing License or New License to which Company or any of its Affiliates is a party, Company hereby grants to Regeneron the nontransferable (except as permitted by Section 20.9), royalty-free, co-exclusive (with Company and its Affiliates) right and license under the Company Intellectual Property to make, have made, develop, use, import and export Licensed Products for use in the Field in the Territory. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any Existing License or New License to which Company or any of its Affiliates is a party, Company also grants to Regeneron the nontransferable (except as permitted by Section 20.9), fully paid-up, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable right and license under Company Excluded Territory Intellectual Property to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, have sold, import or export Regeneron Products for use in the Field in the Excluded Territory.

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          4.3 Sublicensing . Unless otherwise restricted by any Existing License or New License, Company will have the right to sublicense any of its rights under the first sentence of Section 4.1 only with the prior written consent of Regeneron, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed with respect to rights outside the Major Market Countries (and only with the prior written consent of Regeneron, which consent may be withheld for any reason, in the Major Market Countries), except that Company may sublicense any of its rights hereunder to an Affiliate for purposes of meeting its obligations under this Agreement without Regeneron’s consent. Unless otherwise restricted by any Existing License or New License, Regeneron will have the right to sublicense any of its rights under the first sentence of Section 4.2 only with the prior written consent of Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that Regeneron may sublicense any of its rights hereunder to an Affiliate for purposes of meeting its obligations under this Agreement without Company’s consent. Each Party shall remain responsible and liable for the compliance by its Affiliates and Sublicensees with applicable terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Any such sublicense agreement will require the Sublicensee of a Party to comply with the obligations of such Party as contained herein, including, without limitation, the confidentiality and non-use obligations set forth in Article 16, and will include, with respect to a Sublicensee of Company, an obligation of the Sublicensee to account for and report its sales of Licensed Products to Company on the same basis as if such sales were Net Sales by Company. For the avoidance of doubt, Regeneron shall be entitled to receive its share of the Territory Profit Split based on Net Sales of Licensed Products sold by Sublicensees under this Agreement. In the event of a breach by a Sublicensee of any sublicense agreement which has or is reasonably likely to have a materially adverse effect on Regeneron or any of its Affiliates or any Regeneron Intellectual Property, then Regeneron may cause Company or its Affiliate to exercise, and the Company or its Affiliate will promptly exercise, any termination rights it may have under the sublicense with the Sublicensee. Any sublicense agreement will provide for the termination of the sublicense or the conversion of the sublicense to a license directly between the Sublicensee and Regeneron, at the option of Regeneron, upon termination of this Agreement. Furthermore, any such sublicense shall prohibit any further sublicense or assignment. Company will forward to Regeneron a complete copy of each fully executed sublicense agreement (and any amendment(s) thereto) within ten (10) days of the execution of such agreement.

          4.4 No Implied License . Except as expressly provided in this Article 4 or elsewhere in this Agreement, neither Party will be deemed by this Agreement to have been granted any license or other rights to the other Party’s Patent Rights, Know-How, or Party Information either expressly or by implication, estoppel or otherwise.

          4.5 Retained Rights . With respect to the licenses granted under this Article 4, Regeneron reserves for itself and its Affiliates and Third Party licensees under the Regeneron Intellectual Property and Regeneron’s interest in the Joint Inventions, (a) the right to make, have made, distribute, import, export and use Regeneron Products in the Field in the Territory exclusively for Development purposes, and (b) the right to Manufacture and, if agreed to by Company or set forth in any Plans, the right to Commercialize Licensed Products for use in the Field in the Territory in accordance with this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Regeneron retains all rights in Regeneron

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Intellectual Property, Regeneron’s interest in the Joint Inventions and Regeneron Products not expressly licensed hereunder, including, without limitation the right (i) to exploit Regeneron Intellectual Property and Regeneron’s interest in the Joint Inventions to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, have sold, import or export Products for use outside the Field; (ii) to exploit Regeneron Intellectual Property and Regeneron’s interest in the Joint Inventions to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, have sold, and import and export Products for use in the Field in the Excluded Territory and (iii) to exploit Regeneron Intellectual Property and Regeneron’s interest in Joint Inventions for purposes unrelated to the Licensed Products in the Field.

          4.6 Right of Negotiation for Excluded Territory . In the event that Regeneron desires to enter into a license or co-promotion arrangement with a Third Party (other than with an Affiliate, distributor or contract sales force) with respect to commercialization of the Regeneron Products in the Excluded Territory, Regeneron shall grant Company a first right of exclusive negotiation for such commercialization rights. If Regeneron desires to enter into such a commercialization arrangement, Regeneron shall give Company written notice. Company shall have [************] to determine and to notify Regeneron in writing whether Company desires to negotiate such a commercialization arrangement. Failure to provide written notice to Regeneron within such [************] period shall be deemed to be a rejection of Regeneron’s offer to negotiate for such commercialization rights. If Company rejects Regeneron’s offer to negotiate for such commercialization rights, or if Company accepts Regeneron’s offer to negotiate for such commercialization rights but the Parties are unable to reach an agreement on such commercialization arrangement, after negotiating in good faith, within [***************] of the date Regeneron notified Company of its desire to enter into such commercialization arrangement, then Regeneron shall have no further obligation to Company with respect to the Regeneron Products in the Excluded Territory.

ARTICLE V
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

          5.1 Development of Licensed Products . Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Parties shall undertake Development activities with respect to Licensed Products in the Field pursuant to the Development Plans under the general direction and oversight of the JDC. Each Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Develop Licensed Products in the Field, carry out the Development activities assigned to it in Development Plans in a timely manner and conduct all such activities in compliance with applicable Laws, including, without limitation, Good Practices. Regeneron may conduct separate Development activities to support Regeneron Products in the Excluded Territory, and Company may conduct separate Development activities to support Company Products in the Excluded Territory, in each case, subject to the conditions and requirements set forth herein, including, without limitation, Section 2.6(b).

          5.2 Development Plans . The JDC shall prepare and update Development Plans for Licensed Products in the Field under this Agreement for approval by the JSC. Except for the first Global Development Plan incorporating the Initial Development Plan referred to below in this Section 5.2, an updated Global Development

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Plan (and, if applicable, Territory Development Plan) will be presented by the JDC for approval by the JSC, and approved by the JSC, at least two (2) months prior to the end of each Contract Year. Each Development Plan will set forth the plan for Development of each Product in the Field over at least three (3) Contract Years and will include (a) strategies and timelines for Developing and obtaining Approvals for the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory and, subject to Section 2.7, the Excluded Territory, and (b) the allocation of responsibilities for Development activities between the Parties, and/or Third Party service providers to the extent provided by the applicable Development Plan. Each Development Plan will be reviewed and informally updated by the JDC not less frequently than every six (6) months for the ensuing three (3) year period. The activities agreed to by the Parties (together with the associated estimated budget) as set forth on Schedule 5 shall constitute the initial plan for the Development of Licensed Products in the Field under this Agreement (the " Initial Development Plan "). No later than sixty (60) days after the Effective Date, the JDC will meet to finalize the first Global Development Plan (which, as provided above, shall incorporate, or be substantially consistent with, the Initial Development Plan). Until the first Global Development Plan is approved by the JSC, the Parties will Develop the Licensed Products in the Field under this Agreement in accordance with the Initial Development Plan, unless otherwise agreed to by the JSC. Unless otherwise agreed to by the JDC, each update to the Development Plan(s) shall include the activities and timelines described in or referred to in the Initial Development Plan until the activities described therein are completed in a timely manner.

          5.3 Development Budgets . The Territory Development Plan shall include the Territory Development Budget and the Global Development Plan shall include the Global Development Budget (each individually, a " Development Budget " and both collectively, the " Development Budgets ") and the Development Budgets shall be prepared, updated, reviewed and approved as part of the preparation, update and approval of the Development Plans in accordance with this Agreement. Amendments and updates to any Development Budgets shall not be effective without the approval of the JSC. In the event that, during any Contract Year (the " First Year "), any Development activity expressly provided for in the approved Development Budget to be completed during such First Year is not completed during such First Year (to the extent incomplete, an " Incomplete Activity ") and the full expense budgeted for such activity for such First Year is not incurred (to the extent not incurred, a " Non-Incurred Amount "), then such Incomplete Activity shall be completed during Contract Years following such First Year (the " Succeeding Year(s )") and the Non-Incurred Amount shall be included in the Development Budget for such Succeeding Year(s) as set forth in the following sentence. If the Development Budget for such Succeeding Year(s) has not yet been approved by the JSC, then the Non-Incurred Amount shall be included in the proposed Development Budget for such Succeeding Year(s) without otherwise limiting any other Development activities or any amounts related thereto, unrelated to the Incomplete Activity, which, pursuant to the Development Plan, would have been performed during such Succeeding Year, and if the Development Budget for the Succeeding Year(s) has been approved by the JSC, then the Development Budget for such Succeeding Year(s) shall be revised automatically to include the Non-Incurred Amount.

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          5.4 Development Reports . Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each Quarter, Regeneron and Company shall each provide to the other Party a written report (in electronic form) summarizing the material activities undertaken by such Party during such Quarter in connection with each Development Plan, together with a statement of Development Costs incurred by such Party during such Quarter, which statement shall detail those amounts to be included in the Consolidated Payment Report for such Quarter and shall be in such form, format and of such level of detail as approved by the JFC. At the next JDC meeting held following such forty-five (45) day period, the JDC will approve the final Development Costs which will be used in the calculation of the Global Development Balance.

          5.5 Review of Clinical Trial Protocols . The JDC will establish procedures for the expeditious review of clinical trial protocols for the Licensed Products submitted to the JDC by either Party pursuant to Section 2.6(b), including, without limitation, pre-approval authorizations for Non-Approval Trials meeting established criteria. In no event will such procedures require more than ten (10) Business Days for the JDC to accept or reject a proposed protocol and/or clinical trial design for a clinical study to be conducted solely for purposes of obtaining an Approval in the Excluded Territory.

ARTICLE VI
COMMERCIALIZATION

          6.1 Commercialization of Products in the Field in the Territory . Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Parties shall undertake Commercialization activities with respect to Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory under the direction and oversight of the JCC and in accordance with the Territory Commercialization Plan and the Country Commercialization Plans. Except as set forth in this Agreement, Company shall bear all costs and expenses to Commercialize the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory.

          6.2 Territory Commercialization Plan . The Territory Commercialization Plan and all updates and amendments thereto will be consistent with the principles of the Collaboration Purpose. The initial Territory Commercialization Plan will be prepared by Company, with Regeneron’s participation and input with respect to the portions of such Plan directly applicable to the Major Market Countries, and submitted to the JCC for review and approval. Once approved by the JCC, the Territory Commercialization Plan will be presented to the JSC for review and approval at least [***********] before the Anticipated First Commercial Sale in the Territory. The Territory Commercialization Plan for each subsequent Contract Year shall be updated by the JCC and approved by the JSC at least two (2) months prior to the end of the then current Contract Year. Each Territory Commercialization Plan shall include (with sufficient detail, relative to time remaining to Anticipated First Commercial Sale, to enable the JCC and JSC to conduct a meaningful review of such Plan) information and formatting as will be agreed upon by the JCC, including:

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               (a) the overall strategy for Commercializing Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory, including Licensed Product target product profiles, branding, positioning, promotional materials and core messages;

               (b) subject to applicable Law, Licensed Product pricing guidelines in the Field in the Territory;

               (c) the Territory Commercialization Budget;

               (d) anticipated launch dates for applicable countries in the Territory;

               (e) any global Commercialization activities that are designed to benefit the Licensed Product in the Field in both the Territory and the Excluded Territory (including, without limitation, such activities that relate to global branding, global market research, Licensed Product websites and certain publication strategies);

               (f) market and sales forecasts for the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory in a form to be agreed between the Parties;

               (g) strategies for the detailing and promotion of Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory, including recommended sales force sizes in the countries in the Territory;

               (h) anticipated major advertising, public relations and patient advocacy programs for Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory;

               (i) reimbursement and patient assistance, including [*********************************];

               (j) post-marketing clinical trials to support Commercialization of Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory which [********************], including any such clinical trials sponsored by Third Parties using Licensed Product supplied by the Parties (" Non-Approval Trials ");

               (k) proposed use of Third Party sales representatives, Sublicensees and/or distributors in any country in the Territory;

               (l) target incentive product weighting and performance goals for sales representatives detailing the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory; and

               (m) all other Marketing Guidelines.

          6.3 Country Commercialization Plans . Each Country Commercialization Plan and all updates and amendments thereto will be consistent with the principles of the Collaboration Purpose. The initial Country Commercialization Plan for each Major Market Country will be prepared by Company, with Regeneron’s participation and input, and approved by the JCC at least [**********] before the Anticipated First Commercial Sale in the applicable Major Market Country. The Country

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Commercialization Plan for each subsequent Contract Year shall be updated and approved by the JCC at least two (2) months prior to the end of the then current Contract Year. Each Country Commercialization Plan shall include (with sufficient detail, relative to time remaining to Anticipated First Commercial Sale, to enable the JCC and JSC to conduct a meaningful review of such Plan) information and formatting as will be agreed upon by the JCC, including:

               (a) the overall strategy for Commercializing Licensed Products in the Field in the Major Market Country, including Licensed Product branding, positioning, promotional materials, core messages, pricing strategies and competitive analyses;

               (b) the Country Commercialization Budget;

               (c) anticipated launch dates for the Licensed Product in the Field in the Major Market Country;

               (d) market and sales forecasts for the Licensed Products in the Field in the Major Market Country in a form to be agreed between the Parties;

               (e) strategies for the detailing and promotion of Licensed Products in the Field in the Major Market Country, including sales force and medical affairs field force sizes, the number and type of Licensed Product details to be performed by Company sales representatives and target opinion leaders in the Major Market Country;

               (f) FTE requirements and Shared Promotion Expenses to fulfill the requirements of the Country Commercialization Plan;

               (g) advertising, patient advocacy programs, professional symposia, public relations, marketing, sales and promotion efforts for Licensed Products in the Field in the Major Market Country;

               (h) reimbursement and patient assistance, including [**************************************]; and

               (i) Non-Approval Trials (based on JDC approved protocols), [**************************************] in support of the Licensed Products in the Field in the Major Market Country.

          6.4 Commercialization Activities; Sharing of Commercial Information.

               (a) Company (through its Affiliates where appropriate) shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Commercialize Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory in accordance with the Territory Commercialization Plan and the Country Commercialization Plans. Without limiting the foregoing, Company will, as necessary, build, train and apply a field force in the Territory necessary to

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Commercialize the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory in accordance with the Territory Commercialization Plan and Country Commercialization Plans.

               (b) Company will use reasonable efforts to provide Regeneron with full access to Company information directly relating to the Commercialization of the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory, including, without limitation, information relating to anticipated launch dates, the development of sales targets by customer segment and territory, key market metrics, market research, sales forecasting and modeling, sales, prescription and patient data, reimbursement and pricing matters, and field force plans, goals, incentives and training.

               (c) Each Party shall, on a periodic and reasonably current basis, keep the other Party informed regarding major market developments, acceptance of the Licensed Products in the Field, Licensed Product quality complaints and similar information from the Territory or the Excluded Territory, as the case may be.

               (d) No Party may initiate or support any Non-Approval Trial for a Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory without the prior approval of the JDC.

          6.5 Product Pricing and Pricing Approvals in the Territory . [**********************************************]. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) Regeneron shall have sole authority for determining and establishing the price and terms of sale (including any rebates or discounts) of Regeneron Products in the Excluded Territory and Company shall have sole authority for determining and establishing the price and terms of sale (including any rebates or discounts) of Company Products in the Excluded Territory.

          6.6 Sales and Product Distribution in the Territory; Other Responsibilities . Company (or its Affiliate) shall invoice and book, and appropriately record, all sales of the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory. Company (or its Affiliate) also shall be responsible for (a) the distribution of Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory and for paying all governmental rebates which are due and owing with respect to the Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory, (b) handling all returns of Licensed Product sold under this Agreement and (c) handling all aspects of ordering, processing, invoicing, collection, distribution and receivables with respect to Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory. If Licensed Product sold in the Field in the Territory is returned to Regeneron, it shall promptly be shipped to a facility designated by Company. If Regeneron Product sold in the Excluded Territory is returned to Company, it shall promptly be shipped to a facility designated by Regeneron. If Regeneron receives an order for Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory (or Company receives an order for Regeneron Product in the Field in the Excluded Territory), the Party erroneously receiving the order shall refer such orders to the other Party.

          6.7 Commercialization Efforts . Company’s sales representatives in the Territory shall provide the FTE effort and promote and detail the Licensed Products in the Field in accordance with the approved Country Commercialization Plan (if applicable), Territory Commercialization Plan and all applicable Laws. Company shall, at its own expense, comply with the training plan contained in a


 
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