Exhibit 10.6
DISTRIBUTION SERVICES AGREEMENT
This
Distribution Services Agreement (“Agreement”) is
entered into as of March 9, 2005 (“Execution Date”) by
and between Bradley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation
with its principal place of business located at 383 Route 46 West,
Fairfield, New Jersey 07004 (“Customer”), and Cardinal
Health * with its principal place of business located at
7000 Cardinal Place, Dublin, Ohio 43017 (“Service
Supplier”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
Service Supplier provides services including but not limited to
logistics and inventory management services, administrative
services, and financial services; and, Customer wishes to purchase
such services from Service Supplier; and
WHEREAS,
Service Supplier is willing to provide and Customer desires certain
additional services to Customer as needed and agreed upon by both
parties.
WHEREAS,
Customer and Service Supplier desire to assure adequate
availability of supply and inventory management of
Products.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual
representations, warranties and covenants contained in this
Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
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1.1.
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“
Products ” means all current and future ethical
pharmaceutical products, bearing Customer’s label and
packaging, which Customer sells to wholesale customers in the
United States (see current price list).
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1.2.
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“
Aggregate Inventory ” means, at any given time, the
total of Products in units that Service Supplier has on hand at all
of its storage and/or distribution facilities and that Service
Supplier has on order from Customer.
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1.3.
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“
Confidential Information ” means the confidential
information described in Section 4.2.
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1.4.
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“
Providers ” means the purchaser(s) of Products from
Service Supplier in the United States.
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1.5.
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“
Average Weekly Movement ” means, at any given time,
the total quantity of Products in units (by NDC number) sold by
Service Supplier to Providers over the immediately preceding ***
weeks divided by ***.
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1.6.
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“
Effective Date ” means July 1, 2004.
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1.7.
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“
Inventory and Sales Report s” means the reports
described in Sections 2.3.
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***
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Portion for
which confidential treatment requested.
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1.8.
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“ New
Price ”means the wholesale acquisition cost
(“WAC”) charged by Customer after the effective date
and time of a price change instituted by Customer at any time
following the Effective Date of this Agreement.
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1.9.
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“ Old
Price ” means the WAC charged by Customer immediately
preceding the institution of a New Price.
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1.10
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“
Brokerage ” means bulk shipments via crossdock and
drop shipment to Service Supplier’s warehousing chain
customers.
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ARTICLE 2
Services
General
– Customer agrees to
compensate Service Supplier for each of the services described
below (collectively, the “Base Services Fee”) in
accordance with the fee structure contained on Schedule
A.
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2.1.
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Base
Distribution Services.
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1.
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Sophisticated
ordering technology
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2.
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Daily
consolidated deliveries to providers
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3.
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Emergency
shipments to providers 24/7/365
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4.
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Consolidated
accounts receivable management
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5.
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Contract and
Chargeback administration
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6.
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Returns and
Recall processing
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7.
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Customer
Service support
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8.
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Adequate
working inventories to meet customer needs and service
levels
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9.
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Licensed,
environmentally controlled, PDMA compliant, secure
facilities
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2.2
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Inventory
Management Services.
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1.
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Inventory
Levels. During the term
of this Agreement, Service Supplier will use best efforts to
maintain on hand inventory levels of *** weeks or less on all
Products.
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2.
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Purchase
Limits. Customer agrees
to ship all Service Supplier purchase orders in full. Customer has
the right to question any orders that exceed 150% of Service
Supplier’s Average Weekly Movement and has the right to
cancel any quantities that Service Supplier is not able to provide
reasonable justifications and/or explanations.
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3.
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Product
Availability. Service
Supplier and Customer will jointly use best efforts to minimize
product shortages and maximize product availability by agreeing to
the following:
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Service
Supplier will institute an automated balancing system on Customer
Products in order to optimize the use of existing inventories
across the entire Service Supplier network, including
brokerage.
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During
backorder situations and limited product availability and upon
Customer’s request, Service Supplier will implement more
frequent order and receiving cycles to help reduce inventory
requirements.
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***
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Portion for
which confidential treatment requested.
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2.3
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Data /
Reporting Services. Service Supplier shall prepare inventory reports
detailing the status of its Aggregate Inventory of Products
(“Inventory Reports”) and movement of Products
(“Sales Reports”) by NDC number for the duration of
this Agreement. Service Supplier shall provide Customer with such
Inventory Reports weekly and Sales Reports monthly. All such
Inventory and Sales Reports shall be transmitted in EDI 852 and EDI
867 formats, respectively and shall include such information as
reasonably requested by Customer, including but not limited to the
following:
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(a)
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On hand
inventory level by distribution center; and
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(b)
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On order
inventory level by distribution center; and
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(c)
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Sales out by
distribution center
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Service
Supplier may, due to contractual requirements, be required to block
certain data in the 867‘s that discloses Provider identity.
This may include Provider name and DEA number, and any other data
that would identify a Provider.
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Within thirty
(30) days after entering into this Agreement, the parties shall
examine and test the capability of their respective EDI systems and
complete implementation of a mutually agreeable system whereby
transfers of information can be made effectively on a consistent
basis. In the event that critical internal support systems and
electronic communication links including EDI, are not available for
5 business days, the parties will cooperate to promptly implement
substitute procedures to document the information customarily sent
by EDI and prevent interruptions to each other’s
business.
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2.4
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Service
Level. Service Supplier
agrees to use its best commercial efforts to service provider
orders for Products at a 98% service level. Service Level will be
calculated according to Service Supplier’s then current,
standard adjusted service level report. In addition, Service
Supplier will allow Customer the opportunity, with advanced written
notice, to add up to *** additional weeks of temporary inventory
beyond the inventory levels defined in Section 2.2.1 in order to
ensure maximum service levels. Customer will be entitled to this
opportunity one time per quarter.
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2.5
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Provider
Order Monitoring. During
the term of this agreement Service Supplier will implement
processes and procedures to monitor Provider order patterns.
Service Supplier and Customer will agree upon parameters which may
represent speculative buy activity. Any orders that meet the agreed
upon parameters will be investigated by Service Supplier and the
outcome reported to Customer. If it is determined that a
Provi
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