Exhibit 10.23
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED
BY REGENERATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FOR CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THIS
AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 24B-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED
THIRD AMENDMENT TO FIRST AMENDED
EXCLUSIVE
DISTRIBUTION AND LICENSE
AGREEMENT
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO FIRST
AMENDED EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT (this “
Amendment ”) is made and entered into as of
December 15, 2005 (the “ Third Amendment Effective
Date ”) by and between Regeneration Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“ RTI ”), and Medtronic
Sofamor Danek USA, Inc. (“ MSD ”), a Tennessee
corporation.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, MSD and RTI are parties to
a First Amended Exclusive Distribution and License Agreement having
an effective date of April 15, 2004, as amended by the First
Amendment to First Amended Exclusive Distribution and License
Agreement dated March 1, 2005 and as amended by the Second
Amendment to First Amended Exclusive Distribution and License
Agreement dated December 15, 2005 (the “
Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, MSD and RTI desire to amend
the Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth
herein;
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained
herein, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually
agree as follows:
1. Definitions . Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Agreement.
2. Payment .
(a) In return for MSD’s
release of exclusive distribution rights for Bone Paste for use in
the spine, RTI shall make a payment to MSD in the amount of [***]
Dollars [***]. Such payment shall be due and payable in eight equal
installments. The first installment shall be due and payable within
30 days of the date hereof and the remaining seven installments
shall be due and payable within 30 days of the first day of each
MSD fiscal quarter thereafter (commencing with the fiscal quarter
beginning January 28, 2006). All such payments shall be made
in U.S. dollars without deduction or offset by check to an address
specified in writing by MSD.
(b) Each installment of the payment
set forth in Section 2(a) (other than the first installment)
shall be contingent on MSD revenue from fees for the disposition of
Bone Paste during the MSD fiscal quarter immediately preceding the
due date for each such installment being equal to or in excess of
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provided that if there is (i) a Supply
Shortfall for Bone Paste, (ii) a voluntary or involuntary
recall of Bone Paste or (iii) an event of the type described
in Section 9.4 of the Agreement, revenue shall be increased in
an equitable amount to reflect the impact of any such event. If MSD
fails to meet such minimum amount with respect to any particular
installment, MSD’s rights to that installment of the payment
will be forfeited (but not its rights to any future installments).
For example, the installment due within 30 days of the fiscal
quarter commencing January 28, 2006 shall be contingent on
revenue during the MSD fiscal quarter ended January 27, 2006
being equal to or in excess of [***]
Dollars [***].
3. Amendment . The parties
mutually agree that the Agreement shall be amended and restated as
of the Third Amendment Effective Date to read in its entirety as
set forth in Exhibit A hereto. For convenience of reference,
changes to the Agreement effected by this Amendment are marked in
Exhibit A.
4. Ratification . Except as
amended hereby, the Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed in
all respects. As amended by Section 3 of this Amendment, the
Agreement shall be read and construed as one and the same
instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the
parties has caused this Third Amendment to First Amended Exclusive
Distribution and License Agreement to be executed by their
respective duly authorized representatives as of the date first
above written.
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REGENERATION
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Chief Executive
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MEDTRONIC
SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC.
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President
Medtronic Sofamor Danek
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Exhibit A
Form of First Amended and Restated
Exclusive License and Distribution Agreement (as
amended by the Third Amendment)
FIRST AMENDED
EXCLUSIVE
DISTRIBUTION AND LICENSE
AGREEMENT
Specialty Allografts and Bone
Paste
This First Amended Exclusive
Distribution and License Agreement (this “ Agreement
”) is effective as of the day
of April, 2004, (the “ Effective Date ”) by and
between Regeneration Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“ RTI ”), and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA,
Inc., a Tennessee corporation (“ MSD ”). RTI and
MSD are sometimes individually referred to herein as a “
Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties
.”
WHEREAS, RTI and MSD each acknowledge that the processing
and use of human tissue for human transplantation purposes is in
the public interest and in the interest of medicine generally, and
that this Agreement will enhance these interests through
facilitating the availability of processed tissue for use in
medical procedures and thereby advance the medical and scientific
application thereof;
WHEREAS, the Parties are successors in interest to each
of that certain Management Services Agreement, dated July 23,
1996, between The University of Florida Tissue Bank, Inc. (“
UFTB ”) and Sofamor Danek Group, Inc. (“
SDG ”), as amended (the “ 1996 Management
Services Agreement ”), and that certain Management
Services Agreement - Bone Paste, dated May 11, 1998, between
UFTB and SDG, as amended (the “ 1998 Management Services
Agreement ” and, together with the 1996 Management
Services Agreement, the “ Original Agreements
”);
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Exclusive
Distribution and License Agreement (the “2002
Agreement”) as of June 1, 2002 (the “Original
Effective Date”) and the Parties now wish to redefine the
terms governing their relationship by entering into this
Agreement;
WHEREAS, MSD and RTI each desire that RTI process and
produce certain human specialty allograft tissue listed in
Schedule 2.1 attached hereto (the “ Specialty
Allografts ”) and paste products containing demineralized
bone, gelatin, and particulate mineral (“ Bone Paste
”) including but not limited to cortical and/or cancellous
chips listed in Schedule 2.1 attached hereto, and MSD
desires to distribute such Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste in
accordance with the terms and conditions contained
herein;
WHEREAS, MSD desires to obtain a license from RTI to
market, promote and distribute Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste;
and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to work together to develop
new technology and products for use in medical
procedures;
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NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements set forth below, the Parties hereby
represent, covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF
ORIGINAL AGREEMENTS AND 2002 AGREEMENT
1.1 Amendment
. In order to facilitate continued
service to patients and efficient use of human tissue, prior to
November 1, 2002, (the “ Implementation Date
”) the Parties continued to operate under the Original
Agreements and agreed as follows:
(a) Management Services
Fee . Beginning on
the Original Effective Date and ending on the day immediately prior
to the Implementation Date, (i) with respect to UFTB
Allografts, the Management Services Fee (as such terms are defined
in the 1996 Agreement) was [###] and (ii) with respect to UFTB
Paste Products, the Management Services Fee (as such terms are
defined in the 1998 Agreement) was [###].
(b) Effect
. Except as set forth expressly
herein, all terms of the Original Agreements remained in full force
and effect until the Implementation Date.
1.2 Termination
. As of the Implementation Date, the
Parties agree and acknowledge that, without any additional action
on either Party’s behalf, the Original Agreements terminated
and are of no further force or effect; provided, however, such
termination did not relieve either Party from liabilities arising
prior to the Implementation Date under the terms of the Original
Agreements. The parties further acknowledge and agree that as of
the Effective Date, the 2002 Agreement terminated and was
superceded in all respects by this Agreement.
1.3 Arbitration
. RTI and MSD covenant and agree to
use best efforts to resolve all outstanding disputes under the
Original Agreements by the Effective Date, including but not
limited to those matters currently in arbitration.
1.4 Quarterly Meetings
. Senior management of
RTI (Brian Hutchison or his successor) and MSD (Pete Wehrly and/or
Michael DeMane or their successors) shall meet either in person or
telephonically each quarter as their respective schedules permit to
discuss all outstanding issues under the Agreement and specifically
to exchange information about past and future developments in the
relationship between MSD and RTI and the growth potential for
distribution and development of RTI products and biologic products
generally, and to agree upon what portion of such information may
be publicly disclosed. If an agreement to disclose cannot be
reached then the party who owns that information will make the
final determination of disclosure of that information; provided
however that no party shall be prohibited from disclosing any
information which it is required to disclose under applicable
federal, state or foreign law.
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ARTICLE II
LICENSE GRANT
2.1 License; Sublicensing
Rights; Field of Use . Subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
RTI hereby grants to MSD a worldwide and royalty free license to
distribute Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste throughout the world
(the “ Territory ”). Schedule 2.1 attached
hereto contains a list of all Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste
as of the date hereof, including a list of Specialty Allografts for
which the license grant hereunder is exclusive in the Exclusive
Territory (as defined in Section 3.1(a) herein) and
non-exclusive in the remainder of the Territory, subject to
Section 3.1(e), and a list of Specialty Allografts for which
the license grant hereunder is nonexclusive throughout the
Territory. The license grant hereunder for Bone Paste is
non-exclusive throughout the Territory.
2.2 License of RTI
Marks . RTI grants to
MSD a royalty free license to use under the quality control of RTI
the RTI name and logo and all goodwill associated therewith, and
all trademarks, service marks, trade names, designs, graphics and
logos associated with the Specialty Allografts or the Bone Paste,
(the “ Current RTI Marks ”) in connection with
the marketing and distribution of Specialty Allografts and Bone
Paste as provided in this Agreement. RTI further grants to MSD a
royalty free license to use under the quality control of RTI
service marks or trademarks adopted and/or used by RTI and
associated specifically with Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste
(the “ Future RTI Marks ,” and, together with
the Current RTI Marks, the “ RTI Marks ,”) in
connection with the marketing and distribution of Specialty
Allografts and Bone Paste as provided in this Agreement. A list of
all Current RTI Marks and their filing status (if any) is attached
hereto as Schedule 2.2. RTI shall update Schedule 2.2. with all
Future RTI Marks within thirty (30) days after they have been
adopted or used by RTI.
2.3 Additional Specialty
Allografts and Bone Paste . The parties shall update Schedule 2.1 to
include all line extensions of Specialty Allografts and any jointly
developed Specialty Allografts as described in Section 6.3
herein. Line extensions shall include any improvements or
modifications to, or substitute or alternative products for,
Specialty Allografts reasonably anticipated to be used primarily
for spinal fusion surgery that are competitive with any Specialty
Allograft identified in Schedule 2.1. If the parties are
unable to agree on whether a product should be added to Schedule
2.1, the parties shall refer the matter to a special master jointly
selected by the parties to determine the issue and the
determination of the special master shall be binding and
non-appealable. The Special Master shall be selected using the same
process as the selection of the arbitrator under Section 9.12
hereof. The license grant hereunder for Bone Paste includes the
current formulation (and any previous formulations) of Bone Paste.
In addition, MSD shall have the right to negotiate for the
exclusive manufacture and supply by RTI for distribution by MSD in
all applications of new formulations of Bone Paste developed solely
by MSD or its agents.
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ARTICLE III
EXCLUSIVITY; MSD DISTRIBUTION
SERVICES; SPECIALTY ALLOGRAFT AND
BONE PASTE SUPPLY
3.1 Exclusivity
.
(a) Exclusive Distributor
Appointment . Subject
to MSD’s right to subcontract or delegate in whole or in part
to one or more third parties its obligations and responsibilities
as distributor of Specialty Allografts as expressly set forth in
this Agreement, during the term of this Agreement, MSD shall be
(i) the exclusive distributor for Specialty Allografts
throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico (the
“Exclusive Territory”), (ii) the non-exclusive
distributor for Specialty Allografts in all other parts of the
Territory, and (iii) the non-exclusive distributor for Bone
Paste throughout the Territory; provided, however, with respect to
Bone Paste, the grant of rights herein shall be exclusive for the
use of the trademark, service mark, trade name, design, graphics
and logos associated with “Osteofil.” RTI agrees that
any Bone Paste delivered other than pursuant to this Agreement
shall contain a different brand name and label than the Bone Paste
delivered pursuant to this Agreement. MSD shall be entitled to
distribute Bone Paste for use in all applications, including all
musculoskeletal applications (orthopedic, trauma, etc.). RTI shall
not, and RTI shall ensure that any third party distributor does
not, utilize or reference, directly or indirectly, in any manner
the “Osteofil” name or any data with respect to the
Osteofil product (including clinical and pre-clinical data) in any
marketing and promotional materials or in any materials filed with
any applicable regulatory authority. RTI agrees that, during the
period commencing with the Third Amendment Effective Date and
ending on August 31, 2007, the only companies that will have
the right to distribute in the Exclusive Territory any product from
the “Osteofil” family of Bone Paste are Exactech, Inc.
and RTI (and, as set forth above, RTI and Exactech, Inc. shall not
have the right to the trademark, service mark, trade name, design,
graphics and logos associated with “Osteofil” in
connection with such distribution). During such period, RTI shall
ensure that RTI and Exactech, Inc. distribute such Bone Paste only
through sales personnel that are employees of RTI or Exactech, Inc.
as the case may be, or through the regional distributors identified
in Schedule 3.1(a). RTI shall have the right from time to time to
add to Schedule 3.1(a); provided that RTI obtains the prior written
consent of MSD, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld by
MSD.
(b) RTI
Covenant . Except as
otherwise provided for under this Agreement, RTI shall not, during
the term of this Agreement, in any manner, directly or indirectly
or by assisting others, (i) produce, manufacture, distribute,
or assist with the marketing of Specialty Allografts,
(ii) engage in any manufacturing, distribution or marketing
activities on behalf of any other individual or entity with respect
to any Specialty Allografts or (iii) have an equity, profit or
joint venture interest in, or render services (of an executive,
marketing, manufacturing, research and development, administrative,
financial or consulting nature) to any business that produces,
manufactures, distributes, or assists with the marketing of
Specialty Allografts or (iv) engage in any activities
described in (i), (ii)
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or (iii) above with respect to
any allograft tissue (other than Bone Paste) intended or expected
to be primarily used in the spine.
(c) MSD Right to
Compete .
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit MSD from manufacturing,
marketing or distributing allograft tissue or other products that
compete, either directly or indirectly, with Specialty Allografts
and Bone Paste. Schedule 3.1(c) attached hereto contains a list of
all allograft tissue or other products that MSD manufactures,
markets or distributes that MSD believes may compete, either
directly or indirectly, with Specialty Allografts. MSD shall update
Schedule 3.1(c) within fifteen (15) days of the first day of
each calendar quarter starting July 1, 2004.
(d) Release of
Exclusivity . MSD may
release RTI from the exclusivity provisions of this Agreement with
respect to a specific Specialty Allograft by giving written notice
thereof, upon which time MSD’s rights hereunder with respect
to such Specialty Allograft shall become nonexclusive but shall
otherwise remain in full force and effect. In addition, if the
Binding Orders submitted by MSD for [###] for a specific Specialty
Allograft are less than [###] of the average value of Binding
Orders submitted by MSD to RTI for the same specific Specialty
Allograft for the immediately preceding [###], then RTI may notify
MSD in writing of such shortfall. The Initial Stocking Order shall
not be used in the calculation of the average value of Binding
Orders submitted by MSD. Upon receipt of such notice, MSD shall
[###] in which to submit additional Binding Orders such that the
total Binding Orders submitted by MSD for the [***] are not less
than [###] of the average value of Binding Orders submitted by MSD
for the same specific Specialty Allograft for the immediately
preceding [###]. If MSD fails to submit such additional Binding
Orders, MSD’s rights hereunder with respect to such Specialty
Allograft shall become nonexclusive but shall otherwise remain in
full force and effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event
that RTI delays or fails to deliver Specialty Allografts in
sufficient quantity to meet a MSD Forecast or an MSD Binding Order,
or regulatory actions delay delivery of the Specialty Allografts
then RTI shall not have the right to provide notice of a shortfall
for any such period. With respect to a New Allograft, the average
value of Binding Orders submitted by MSD and actually filled by RTI
for the first full year of such New Allograft shall be used for the
purposes of this Section 3.1(d), provided, however, that MSD
may submit an initial stocking order with respect to such New
Allograft that will not be included in such calculation.
(e) International
Distribution . MSD’s agreement in Section 3.1(a)
hereof to allow the distribution of Specialty Allografts or other
allograft tissue products in territories outside of the Exclusive
Territory is specifically conditioned on the following conditions
being met at all times:
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(i) Prior to any such distribution
RTI must use commercially reasonable efforts to assure that no
Specialty Allografts will be distributed to anyone who further
distributes or intends to distribute such Specialty Allografts into
the Exclusive Territory and if such Specialty Allografts are
distributed by any party other than MSD in the Exclusive Territory
then RTI will cease all distribution to that customer and
immediately use its best efforts to enjoin such distribution and
recover inventory from that distributor;
(ii) Specialty Allografts for
MSD’s distribution shall receive priority with respect to
donors, processing and manufacturing over any distribution by RTI
or third parties, except for tissue suitable for Bone Paste to be
distributed by Exactech, which is subject to
Section 3.4(e)(ii)(B);
(iii) Marketing materials that
reference BioCleanse will be provided to MSD concurrent with or
prior to their distribution to the public;
(iv) Distribution by RTI or any
third party as allowed by this Section 3.1(e) will not violate
any MSD Intellectual Property Rights; and
(v) RTI shall provide advance notice
of RTI’s intent to distribute or the existence of any
proposed agreement with distributors in any country in which MSD
then has distribution of Specialty Allografts on a non-exclusive
basis and in all cases RTI and MSD shall meet to address issues
related to price, ownership of product registrations and trade
names prior to the entry into any such agreement or RTI’s own
distribution outside of the Exclusive Territory.
In the event of any breach of the
conditions of Sections 3.1(e)(i), (ii), (iv) or
(v) hereof, RTI will immediately cease distribution of
Specialty Allografts in any country outside of the Exclusive
Territory related to such breach.
3.2 MSD’s Distribution
Services . MSD shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to distribute, or facilitate
the marketing and distribution of, Specialty Allografts in the
Territory, in accordance with this Agreement (the “
Services ”). The Services shall include, without
limitation: (i) developing marketing and training literature
and aids for Specialty Allografts; (ii) training MSD marketing
and distribution personnel; (iii) conducting training courses
and seminars to educate medical professionals, surgeons, customer
support staff, hospital personnel and buying groups related to
Specialty Allografts in the use of Specialty Allografts, including
educating surgeons and staff on Specialty Allograft design,
ordering, delivery and stocking procedures; (iv) exhibiting
Specialty Allografts at medical society meetings;
(v) promoting Specialty Allografts in association with
MSD’s other educational services and marketing efforts; and
(vi) supporting at a clinical level the marketing and
distribution efforts of both RTI and MSD by providing surgical case
coverage for Specialty Allografts. Subject to RTI’s ability
to satisfy each Scheduled Order (as defined in Section 3.4(d))
and each Interim Order (as defined in Section 3.4(d)), MSD
shall order from RTI and maintain sufficient units of Specialty
Allografts for samples, exhibits and training purposes. MSD shall
be solely responsible for training, service and support for
Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste distributed by MSD, and shall
have no right
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to reimbursement or contribution for any costs
related to such responsibilities. MSD shall have no obligation to
market or promote Bone Paste.
3.3 Taxes
. MSD shall have the sole
responsibility for collection and payment to the appropriate taxing
authorities of any taxes, tariffs, duties or excise, sales or use,
value added or other taxes or levies imposed upon Specialty
Allografts or Bone Paste, as the case may be, as a result of
MSD’s distribution of Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste, as
the case may be, to customers. RTI shall have the sole
responsibility for payment to the appropriate taxing authorities of
any taxes, tariffs, duties or excise, sales or use, value added or
other taxes or levies imposed on the services provided by RTI under
this Agreement.
3.4 Specialty Allograft and
Bone Paste Supply; Forecasts . The Parties acknowledge and agree that donated
human tissue is necessary for the production of Specialty
Allografts and Bone Paste, and that at times the demand for such
products may exceed the supply due to limited amounts of donated
human tissue. The Parties agree to use their mutual best efforts,
including MSD’s knowledge of the needs of its customers and
RTI’s expertise in processing tissue, to match the available
supply to the requirements of patients and healthcare providers for
Specialty Allografts. Accordingly, the Parties agree to do the
following:
(a) MSD
Forecasts .
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(b) RTI
Forecasts .
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(c) Transmission of
Forecasts . [###]
(d) Binding Orders
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(e) Allocation
Priority .
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(f) Shortfall .
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3.5 Shipping
Procedures . RTI
shall ship Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste corresponding to
Binding Orders to MSD at least once per week at RTI’s sole
cost and expense, provided that MSD shall reimburse RTI for actual
and reasonable expenses incurred by RTI in expediting shipments or
making additional shipments pursuant to Interim Orders at
MSD’s request.
3.6 Returned and Rejected
Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste .
(a) Returned Specialty
Allografts and Bone Paste . The return policy for Specialty Allografts and
Bone Paste is set forth in Schedule 3.6(a) (the “
Return Policy ”).
(b) Rejected Specialty
Allografts and Bone Paste . With respect to latent defects, MSD shall
promptly notify RTI after receiving notification from a customer of
such customer’s discovery thereof, and MSD and such customer
shall have the right to reject such Specialty Allografts or Bone
Paste. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding any
provision of the Return Policy, MSD shall be permitted to reject
Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste due to latent defects at any
time after discovery of such latent defects or at any time after
receiving notification from a customer of such customer’s
discovery of such latent defects. Any notification of rejection to
RTI shall state the basis for the rejection.
(c) Effect of Return or
Rejection . The
customer shall be bound by the terms of the Return Policy;
provided, however, that in the event of a conflict between the
terms of the Return Policy and the terms of this Agreement, the
terms of this Agreement shall govern and control in all respects.
Neither MSD nor the customer shall be obligated to pay for any
rejected shipment of Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste shipped to
such customer which fails to meet the Specialty Allograft
Specifications or the Specialty Allograft Packaging Specifications
or the Bone Paste Specifications or the Bone Paste Packaging
Specifications or otherwise breaches the RTI Specialty Allograft
Warranty or Bone Paste
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Warranty, as the case may be, set
forth on Schedule 4.3(a) and Schedule 4.3(b),
respectively, hereof. The customer shall not be obligated to pay
for any shipment of Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste rejected by
a customer. If a customer fails to pay for any rejected shipment of
Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste, MSD shall not be obligated to
pay any license or service fee to RTI for such Specialty Allografts
or Bone Paste, and MSD shall be entitled to receive, in its sole
discretion, either (i) a credit against future license or
service fees in the amount of any such fee MSD had previously paid
to RTI for any such rejected Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste or
(ii) a replacement Specialty Allograft or Bone Paste, as the
case may be. Unless otherwise waived by MSD, all Specialty
Allografts and Bone Paste shipped to MSD by RTI under this
Agreement shall have remaining shelf life of at least sixty percent
(60%) of the appropriate shelf life for such Specialty
Allografts or Bone Paste (as the case may be).
ARTICLE IV
SPECIFICATIONS; PACKAGING
SPECIFICATIONS; SPECIALTY ALLOGRAFT
AND BONE PASTE LABELING;
REGULATORY APPROVAL; RTI WARRANTIES
4.1
Specifications .
(a) Specialty
Allografts .
Specialty Allografts shall meet the specifications set forth on
Schedule 4.1(a) hereto (the “ Specialty Allograft
Specifications ”).
(b) Bone Paste
. Bone Paste shall meet the
specifications set forth on Schedule 4.1(b) hereto (the
“ Bone Paste Specifications ”).
4.2 Packaging
Specifications .
(a) Specialty
Allografts . RTI
shall supply all packaging and labeling information and designs,
including without limitation all artwork and pharmacological
information, usage instructions and warnings to be applied to
Specialty Allografts (the “ Specialty Allograft Packaging
Specifications ”). Once Specialty Allografts are supplied
and initially packaged by RTI, MSD will not without RTI’s
concurrence remove, alter or modify any Specialty Allograft
Packaging Specifications of such Specialty Allografts.
(b) Bone Paste
. RTI shall supply all packaging and
labeling information and designs, including without limitation all
artwork and pharmacological information, usage instructions and
warnings to be applied to Bone Paste (the “ Bone Paste
Packaging Specifications ”). Once Bone Paste is supplied
and initially packaged by RTI, MSD will not without RTI’s
concurrence remove, alter or modify any Bone Paste Packaging
Specifications of such Bone Paste.
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4.3 Warranties
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(a) Specialty
Allografts . RTI has
listed specific warranty information with respect to Specialty
Allografts on Schedule 4.3(a) and RTI shall use its best
efforts to keep Schedule 4.3(a) updated to include all
applicable warranties.
(b) Bone Paste
. RTI has listed specific warranty
information with respect to Bone Paste on Schedule 4.3(b) and
RTI shall use its best efforts to keep Schedule 4.3(b) updated
to include all applicable warranties.
(c) Warranty
Obligation . All
warranty obligations of the respective Parties listed with respect
to Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste shall be solely the
obligation and responsibility of RTI.
4.4 Labeling
. All Specialty Allografts and Bone
Paste distributed pursuant to this Agreement shall be labeled by
RTI in accordance with this Section 4.4. Any Specialty
Allograft or Bone Paste which is improperly labeled shall not be
deemed delivered until properly identified by MSD, and RTI shall
credit MSD’s account for its reasonable costs incurred while
(i) identifying Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste that were
inappropriately labeled and (ii) correcting orders both to RTI
and from its customers.
(a) RTI Processed Specialty
Allografts and Bone Paste . All Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste
processed or manufactured by RTI (the “ RTI Processed
Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste ”) shall be
sterilized, labeled and packaged by RTI
using the RTI Marks. The costs of
labeling the RTI Processed Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste is
included in the applicable LSF (as defined in Section 5.1) and
shall not be charged to MSD.
(b) Third Party Processed
Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste . In the event MSD exercises its right to
process or manufacture, or appoints a Third Party Supplier to
process or manufacture, Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste pursuant
to Section 3.4(f) herein (the “ Third Party Processed
Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste ”), at MSD’s
sole discretion and expense, RTI shall sterilize, package and label
as sterilized by RTI such Third Party Processed Specialty
Allografts and Bone Paste. MSD shall pay RTI a commercially
reasonable fee for such sterilization, packaging and labeling of
the Third Party Processed Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste;
provided, however, such fee shall not exceed the consideration RTI
receives from any other third parties for substantially similar
services.
(c) Sterilization
Validation . During
the term of this Agreement, RTI shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to validate its processes to allow for and substantiate a
“sterile” product label claim on all Specialty
Allografts and Bone Paste.
4.5 Regulatory
Approval .
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(a) United
States . RTI warrants
that Specialty Allografts, Bone Paste, Specialty Allograft
Specifications, the Bone Paste Specifications, the Specialty
Allograft Packaging Specifications and the Bone Paste Packaging
Specifications shall be in conformity in all respects with all
applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations
relating thereto within the United States, including, without
limitation, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (including Good
Tissue Practices Regulations), the National Organ Transplant Act,
FDA tissue regulations, and American Association of Tissue Banks
(the “ AATB ”) or other generally accepted
industry standards. RTI will continue to maintain and fulfill such
regulatory approval of the federal, state and local governing
bodies, and be responsible for all filings and other documents
necessary to continue to meet said regulatory requirements,
including, without limitation, fulfilling all applicable reporting,
tracking and other requirements of regulatory agencies,
self-regulatory organizations or governmental entities that have
jurisdiction with respect to RTI, Specialty Allografts and Bone
Paste. MSD shall cooperate in preparing any such filings to the
extent reasonably requested by RTI. MSD shall be fully responsible
for compliance with regulatory requirements with respect to all
Specialty Allograft and Bone Paste distribution activities
performed by MSD, including, if necessary, registration as a Tissue
Bank under FDA 21 CFR 1271 and under any state licensure
requirements. MSD shall be responsible for assuring that applicable
AATB requirements are met with respect to MSD’s distribution
activities. RTI shall be responsible for any market withdrawal or
recall activities with respect to Specialty Allografts or Bone
Paste as required pursuant to applicable laws, rules, regulations
or standards. In the event RTI fails to perform any required market
withdrawal or recall activities with respect to Specialty
Allografts or Bone Paste, then MSD may perform such market
withdrawal or recall activities. Each Party shall fully cooperate
in any market withdrawal or recall activities on request of the
other Party. MSD shall provide post-market feedback information to
RTI in accordance with regulatory requirements.
(b) AATB
Accreditation . The
Parties acknowledge that RTI is a member of the AATB. RTI warrants
that it will use its best efforts to continue its membership in
good standing in the AATB and retain its AATB accreditation at all
time during the term of this Agreement.
(c) All International
Markets . MSD shall
be fully responsible for market approvals, product registration and
licensure for all markets in the Exclusive Territory and any other
countries where MSD proposes to begin distributing RTI products and
those products have not been previously registered, licensed and
approved. RTI will use commercially reasonable efforts to support
such registration activities. The purpose of this Section is to
assign responsibility to satisfy licensure requirements in
particular countries. The inability of MSD or RTI to obtain
licensure in a particular market shall not, in and of itself,
constitute a material breach of this Agreement.
(d) Costs
. All costs associated with
obtaining and/or maintaining any regulatory or governmental
approval, within the United States, or accreditation with AATB as
set forth in this Section 4.5 shall be borne solely by RTI
insofar as those costs relate to activities performed by RTI. All
costs associated with regulatory requirements, or AATB
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accreditation related to
distribution activities performed by MSD, shall be borne by MSD.
All costs associated with obtaining international market approvals,
product registrations and licensure for any markets outside the
Exclusive Territory where MSD proposes to begin distributing RTI
products and where those products have not been previously
registered, licensed and approved shall be the responsibility of
MSD. MSD shall be responsible for costs associated with its
responsibilities under Section 4.5(c).
(e) Allograft or Bone Paste
products to be used in clinical investigations
. MSD shall inform RTI in advance of
any and all clinical investigations where Specialty Allografts or
Bone Paste are to be used to ensure that proper donor consent, if
required, has been received. MSD shall provide RTI with study
outlines and all results of any such clinical investigations
pertinent to the use and performance of Specialty Allografts or
Bone Paste. RTI shall assist in clinical activities in regard to
provision of information to FDA in support of MSD clinical
investigations.
4.6 Additional RTI
Representations and Warranties . RTI hereby represents and warrants to MSD the
following:
(a) it is the owner of or the exclusive licensee
under patent rights, if any, stemming from U.S. Patent Application
S/N 08/816,079, dated March 13, 1997, attached as
Exhibit A, including any continuations, continuations-in-part,
or divisions of thi