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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
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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1.1 "Affiliate"
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1.2 "Agreement"
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1.3 "Anticipated First Commercial
Sale"
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1.4 "Approval"
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2
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1.5 "Aventis"
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1.6 "Aventis Agreement"
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1.7 "Business Day"
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1.8 "Change of Control"
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1.9 "Class A Stock"
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1.10 "Clinical Supply Cost"
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1.11 "Clinical Supply Requirements"
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1.12 "COGS"
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1.13 "Commercialize" or
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1.14 "Commercial Overhead Charge"
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1.15 "Commercially Reasonable Efforts"
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1.16 "Commercial Supply Cost"
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1.17 "Commercial Supply Requirements"
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1.18 "Committee"
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1.19 "Common Stock"
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1.20 "Company Excluded Territory Intellectual
Property"
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1.21 "Company Intellectual Property"
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1.22 "Company Patent Rights"
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1.23 "Consolidated Payment Report"
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1.24 "Contract Year"
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5
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1.25 "Controlling Party"
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1.26 "Country Commercialization
Budget"
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1.27 "Country Commercialization Plan"
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1.28 "Country Commercialization
Report"
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1.29 "CPI"
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1.30 "Develop" or "Development"
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1.31 "Development Costs"
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1.32 "Development FTE Cost"
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1.33 "Development FTE Rate"
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1.34 "Development Plan(s)"
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1.35 "Effective Date"
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1.36 "EMEA"
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1.37 "Excluded Territory"
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1.38 "Executive Officers"
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1.39 "Existing Licenses"
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1.40 "FDA"
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1.41 "Field"
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1.42 "Finished Product"
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1.43 "First Commercial Sale"
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1.44 "Formulated Bulk Product"
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1.45 "FTE"
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1.46 "GAAP"
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1.47 "Global Development Budget"
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1.48 "Global Development Plan"
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1.49 "Good Practices"
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1.50 "Governmental Authority"
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1.51 "IAS/IFRS"
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1.52 "ICH"
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1.53 "IND"
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1.54 "Joint Patent Rights"
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1.55 "Know-How"
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1.56 "Law" or "Laws"
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1.57 "Lead Regulatory Party"
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1.58 "Legal Dispute"
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1.59 "Licensed Products"
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1.60 "Major Market Country"
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1.61 "Manufacture" or "Manufacturing"
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1.62 "Marketing Approval"
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1.63 "Medical Affairs Cost"
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1.64 "Medical Affairs FTE Rate"
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1.65 "Net Sales"
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1.66 "New Information"
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1.67 "New License"
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1.68 "Other Shared Expenses"
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1.69 "Out-of-Pocket Costs"
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1.70 "Party Information"
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1.71 "Patent Application"
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1.72 "Patent Rights"
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1.73 "Patents"
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1.74 "Person"
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1.75 "Phase 2 Trial"
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1.76 "Phase 3 Trial"
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1.77 "Plan"
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1.78 "Pre-Launch Marketing Expenses"
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1.79 "Pricing Approval"
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1.80 "Product"
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1.81 "Product Trademark"
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1.82 "Promotional Materials"
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1.83 "Quarter" or "Quarterly"
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1.84 "Regeneron Excluded Territory Intellectual
Property"
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1.85 "Regeneron Intellectual Property"
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1.86 "Regeneron Patent Rights"
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1.87 "Regeneron Products"
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1.88 "Region"
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1.89 "Registration Filing"
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1.90 "Regulatory Authority"
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1.91 "Rest of World Country"
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1.92 "Sales Force Cost"
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1.93 "Sales Force FTE Rate"
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1.94 "Shared Promotion Expenses"
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1.95 "Shares of Then Outstanding Capital
Stock"
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1.96 "Sublicensee"
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1.97 "Territory Commercialization
Budget"
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1.98 "Territory Commercialization
Plan"
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1.99 "Territory"
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1.100 "Territory Development Plan"
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1.101 "Territory Development Budget"
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1.102 "Third Party"
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1.103 "United States," "US" or "U.S."
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1.104 "Valid Claim"
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1.105 "VEGF"
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1.106 "VEGF Trap"
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1.107 "Additional Definitions."
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ARTICLE II COLLABORATION
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2.1 Scope of Collaboration
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2.2 Compliance With Law
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2.3 Further Assurances and Transaction
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2.4 Compliance with Third Party
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2.5 Plans
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2.6 Limitation on Exercise of Rights Outside of
Collaboration.
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2.7 Excluded Territory Activities
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ARTICLE III MANAGEMENT
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3.1 Committees/Management.
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3.2 Joint Steering Committee.
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3.3 Joint Development Committee.
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3.4 Joint Commercialization Committee.
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3.5 Other Committees
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3.6 Membership
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3.7 Meetings
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3.8 Decision-Making
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3.9 Project Manager
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3.10 Resolution of Governance Matters
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ARTICLE IV LICENSE GRANTS
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4.1 Regeneron License Grants
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4.2 Company License Grants
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4.3 Sublicensing
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4.4 No Implied License
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4.5 Retained Rights
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4.6 Right of Negotiation for Excluded
Territory
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ARTICLE V DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
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5.1 Development of Licensed Products
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5.2 Development Plans
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5.3 Development Budgets
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5.4 Development Reports
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5.5 Review of Clinical Trial Protocols
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ARTICLE VI COMMERCIALIZATION
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6.1 Commercialization of Products in the Field in
the Territory
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6.2 Territory Commercialization Plan
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6.3 Country Commercialization Plans
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6.4 Commercialization Activities; Sharing of
Commercial Information.
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6.5 Product Pricing and Pricing Approvals in the
Territory
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6.6 Sales and Product Distribution in the
Territory; Other Responsibilities
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6.7 Commercialization Efforts
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6.8 Contract Sales Force
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6.9 Promotional Materials.
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6.10 Promotional Claims/Compliance
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6.11 Restriction on Bundling in the
Territory
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6.12 Inventory Management
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6.13 Medical and Consumer Inquiries
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6.14 Market Exclusivity Extensions
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6.15 Post Marketing Clinical Trials
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6.16 Activities outside the
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6.17 Restriction on Commercialization
Activities
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6.18 Exports from the Territory to the Excluded
Territory.
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ARTICLE VII CLINICAL AND REGULATORY
AFFAIRS
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7.1 Ownership of Approvals and Registration
Filings.
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7.2 Regulatory Coordination.
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7.3 Regulatory Coordination with Third
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7.4 Regulatory Events
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7.5 Pharmacovigilance and Product
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7.6 Regulatory Inspection or Audit
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7.7 Recalls and Other Corrective
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ARTICLE VIII MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY
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8.1 Formulated Bulk Product Supply in the Field
in the Territory
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8.2 Finished Product Supply in the Field in the
Territory
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8.3 Supply Agreement
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8.4 Manufacturing Plans
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8.5 Manufacturing Shortfall
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8.6 Manufacturing Compliance
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ARTICLE IX PERIODIC REPORTS; PAYMENTS
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9.1 Upfront Payment and Milestone
Payments.
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9.2 Development Costs.
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9.3 Periodic Reports
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9.4 Funds Flow
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9.5 Invoices and Documentation
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9.6 Payment Method and Currency
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9.7 Late Payments
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9.8 Taxes
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9.9 Adjustments to FTE Rates
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9.10 Resolution of Payment Disputes
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9.11 Budget Overruns
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ARTICLE X DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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10.1 Resolution of Disputes
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10.2 Governance Disputes
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10.3 Legal Disputes
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10.4 Expert Panel
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10.5 No Waiver
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ARTICLE XI TRADEMARKS AND CORPORATE
LOGOS
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11.1 Corporate Names
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11.2 Selection of Product Trademarks
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11.3 Ownership of Product Trademarks
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11.4 Prosecution and Maintenance of Product
Trademark(s)
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11.5 License to the Product
Trademark(s)
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11.6 Use of Corporate Names
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ARTICLE XII NEWLY CREATED INVENTIONS
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12.1 Ownership of Newly Created Intellectual
Property.
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12.2 Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent
Rights.
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12.3 Interference, Opposition and
Reissue.
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ARTICLE XIII INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LITIGATION
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13.1 Third Party Infringement Suits.
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13.2 Patent Marking
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13.3 Third Party Infringement Claims; New
Licenses.
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ARTICLE XIV BOOKS, RECORDS AND INSPECTIONS;
AUDITS AND ADJUSTMENTS
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14.1 Books and Records
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14.2 Audits and Adjustments.
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14.3 GAAP/IAS/IFRS
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ARTICLE XV REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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15.1 Due Organization, Valid Existence and Due
Authorization
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15.2 Knowledge of Pending or Threatened
Litigation
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15.3 Additional Regeneron Representations and
Warranties
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15.4 Disclaimer of Warranties
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15.5 Mutual Covenants
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ARTICLE XVI CONFIDENTIALITY
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16.1 Confidential Information.
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16.2 Injunctive Relief
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16.3 Publication of New Information
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16.4 Other Publications
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ARTICLE XVII INDEMNITY
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17.1 Indemnity and Insurance.
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17.2 Indemnity Procedure
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ARTICLE XVIII FORCE MAJEURE
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75
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ARTICLE XIX TERM AND TERMINATION
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75
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19.1 Term/Expiration of Term.
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75
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19.2 Termination Without Cause
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75
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19.3 Termination For Material Breach
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76
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19.4 Termination for Insolvency
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77
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19.5 Termination for Breach of
Standstill
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19.7 Effect of Termination
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19.8 Survival of Obligations
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ARTICLE XX MISCELLANEOUS
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79
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20.1 Governing Law; Submission to
Jurisdiction
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20.2 Waiver
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20.3 Notices
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20.4 Entire Agreement
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80
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20.5 Amendments
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80
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20.6 Headings
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80
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20.7 Severability
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80
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20.8 Registration and Filing of the
Agreement
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80
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20.9 Assignment
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20.10 Successors and Assigns
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20.11 Affiliates
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20.12 Counterparts
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20.13 Third-Party Beneficiaries
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20.14 Relationship of the Parties
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20.15 Limitation of Damages
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20.16 Standstill Agreement
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20.17 Termination of Standstill
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20.18 Non-Solicitation
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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:
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Preamble
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Collaboration Purpose
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Company Products
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Global Brand
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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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