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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
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO FIRST
AMENDED EXCLUSIVE
DISTRIBUTION AND LICENSE
AGREEMENT
THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO
FIRST AMENDED EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT (this
“ Amendment ”) is made and entered into as of
September 12, 2006 (the “ Fourth 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, as
amended by the Second Amendment to First Amended Exclusive
Distribution and License Agreement dated December 15, 2005, as
amended by the Third Amendment to First Amended Exclusive
Distribution and License Agreement dated December 15, 2005
(the “ Agreement ”); and
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. Amendment . The
parties mutually agree that the Agreement shall be amended and
restated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date to read in its
entirety as set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The provisions set forth
in Section 2 of the Third Amendment to First Amended Exclusive
Distribution and License Agreement dated December 15, 2005
shall remain in full force and effect.
2. Ratification .
Except as amended hereby, the Agreement is hereby ratified and
confirmed in all respects. As amended by Section 1 of this
Amendment, the Agreement shall be read and construed as one and the
same instrument. The execution of this Amendment is not intended to
be, and shall not be construed as, a waiver by either party of any
breach of any provision hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of
the parties has caused this Fourth 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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Exhibit A
Form of Amended and Restated
Distribution and License Agreement (as amended by the Fourth
Amendment)
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AMENDED AND
RESTATED
DISTRIBUTION AND LICENSE
AGREEMENT
Specialty Allografts and
Bone Paste
This Amended and Restated
Distribution and License Agreement (this “ Agreement
”) is effective as of the 15th 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;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth
below, the Parties hereby represent, covenant and agree as
follows:
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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 superseded 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.
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, 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
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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 may
mutually agree from time to time to amend Schedule 2.1 to add or
delete Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste products. In addition,
the parties may from time to time mutually agree to modifications
to existing Specialty Allograft designs. To the extent that the
parties agree to a design modification to an Exclusive Specialty
Allograft, RTI shall not have any right to process or distribute
the prior design of such Exclusive Specialty Allograft in the
Exclusive Territory except as specifically provided in
Section 3.1(b).
The license grant hereunder
for Bone Paste includes the current formulation (and any previous
formulations) of Bone Paste.
ARTICLE III
MSD DISTRIBUTION SERVICES;
SPECIALTY ALLOGRAFT AND BONE PASTE SUPPLY
3.1 Exclusive
Distribution Rights .
(a) 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 is granted (i) exclusive
distribution rights in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico
(the “Exclusive Territory”) for those Specialty
Allografts indicated as “exclusive” on Schedule 2.1
(the “Exclusive Specialty Allografts”) and
non-exclusive distribution rights throughout the rest of the world
for such allografts, (ii) non-exclusive distribution rights
throughout the world for those Specialty Allografts indicated as
“non-exclusive” on Schedule 2.1 (the
“Non-exclusive Specialty Allografts”) and
(iii) non-exclusive distribution rights for Bone Paste
throughout the world; 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
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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.
(b) Conversion of
Exclusive Specialty Allograft to Non-exclusive . MSD may,
in its sole discretion, convert an Exclusive Specialty Allograft to
a Non-exclusive Specialty Allograft by providing written notice to
RTI. RTI may provide written notice during the month immediately
prior to the Review Month of Exclusive Specialty Allografts that it
believes should be converted to Non-exclusive Specialty Allografts.
MSD agrees to confer with RTI during each Review Month in good
faith regarding whether it may be appropriate to convert an
Exclusive Specialty Allograft to a Non-exclusive Specialty
Allograft and MSD agrees to take into reasonable consideration any
decline in the volume of MSD orders for such Exclusive Specialty
Allografts as well as market conditions and other relevant factors.
As used herein, the term “Review Month” means the first
full calendar month after each anniversary of the Fourth Amendment
Effective Date.
(c) MSD Right to
Compete; no Obligation to Market or Promote . Nothing in
this Agreement shall prohibit MSD from manufacturing, marketing or
distributing allograft tissue or other products (including
Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste) that compete, either directly
or indirectly, with Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste; provided
that the foregoing shall not be construed as conferring any license
or other right, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, under any
Intellectual Property Rights of RTI. MSD shall have no obligation
to market or promote Bone Paste or Specialty Allografts.
(d)
Distribution . MSD’s agreement in
Section 3.1(a) hereof to allow the distribution of Exclusive
Specialty Allografts in territories outside of the Exclusive
Territory is specifically conditioned on the following conditions
being met at all times:
(i) Prior to any such
distribution RTI must use commercially reasonable efforts to assure
that no Exclusive Specialty Allografts will be distributed to
anyone who further distributes or intends to distribute such
Exclusive Specialty Allografts into the Exclusive Territory and if
such Exclusive 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) Exclusive 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 3.3(e)(ii)(B); and
(iii) Distribution by RTI or
any third party as allowed by this Section 3.1(d) will not
violate any MSD Intellectual Property Rights.
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(e) RTI Right to Cease
Supply . RTI shall have the right to cease supply of
particular Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste if it is economically
unfeasible for RTI to supply such Bone Paste or Specialty
Allografts to MSD under the terms of this Agreement; provided
that:
(i) RTI may exercise such
right only with respect to Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste
identified in the written notice delivered pursuant to
Section 5.2(c) herein during the calendar month immediately
prior to a Review Month;
(ii) RTI may exercise such
right only by providing written notice during the calendar month
after the Review Month and RTI shall not have the right to cease
supply of any specific Specialty Allograft or Bone Paste if the
parties have mutually agreed to a fee adjustment for such Specialty
Allograft or Bone Paste during the immediately preceding Review
Month; and
(iii) RTI shall be required
to provide MSD in writing with reasonable financial justification
for such economic unfeasibility.
RTI’s right to cease
supply of particular Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste shall be
effective [***] months after delivery to MSD of the notice required
by clause (ii) above. RTI shall not have the right to cease
supply of any Specialty Allografts in a Product Family hereunder if
it is supplying any Specialty Allograft in such Product Family (or
any comparable allograft) to any third party at a fee equal to or
less than that charged to MSD hereunder.
3.2 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.
3.3 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. Accordingly, the Parties agree to
do the following:
(a) MSD
Forecasts . [***]
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(b) RTI
Forecasts . [***]
(c) Transmission of
Forecasts . [***]
(d) Binding
Orders . [***]
(e) Annual Non-Binding
Forecasts . [***]
(e) Allocation
Priority . [***]
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3.4 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.
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3.5 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 3.5(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 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
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(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.
4.3 Warranties
.
(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.
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(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,
Exclusive Specialty Allografts pursuant to Section 3.3(f)
herein (the “ Third Party Processed Specialty
Allografts ”), at MSD’s sole discretion and
expense, RTI shall sterilize, package and label as sterilized by
RTI such Third Party Processed Specialty Allografts. MSD shall pay
RTI a commercially reasonable fee for such sterilization, packaging
and labeling of the Third Party Processed Specialty Allografts;
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 .
(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
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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. Further, the failure of MSD or RTI to utilize any degree
of efforts to seek or maintain regulatory approvals shall not
constitute a breach of this Agreement, provided that both RTI and
MSD at the request of the other, will make commercially reasonable
efforts to support the other’s efforts to seek or maintain
such regulatory approvals.
(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 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 this patent application, or
as well as foreign counterparts thereof and patents issuing thereon
which relates to Bone Paste;
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(b) it is the owner of the
Dowel products listed in Exhibit B which are comprised solely
from allograft for use in medical procedures in the human
spine;
(c) has the right to grant
the licenses granted to MSD in this Agreement;
(d) as of the Effective Date,
RTI has not received notice, nor is it aware, that the Specialty
Allografts or Bone Paste infringe upon any patent which has been
issued to any third party;
(e) Specialty Allografts and
Bone Paste shall be processed, packaged, stored and shipped
(i) biomechanically suitable for use in medical procedures in
which human tissue is needed to replace human tissue, (ii) in
accordance with the Specialty Allograft Specifications and
Specialty Allograft Packaging Specifications or the Bone Paste
Specifications and Bone Paste Packaging Specifications, as the case
may be, for use as prescribed by a physician for medical procedures
in which human tissue is needed or used and (iii) in
accordance with Section 4.5;
(f) Specialty Allografts and
Bone Paste are and shall be delivered free of any liens,
encumbrances, pledges, or claims of any third party;
(g) the rights granted herein
do not violate any rights previously granted by RTI to any third
party;
(h) it is fully authorized to
enter into and perform this Agreement;
(i) Specialty Allografts and
Bone Paste have been and will be professionally processed and have
come and will come packaged for further distribution throughout the
Territory;
(j) that it has obtained the
materials for production of Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste in
compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules
and regulations associated with Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste,
as the case may be, and all applicable AATB standards;
and
(k) that its execution and
performance of this Agreement will not (i) conflict with, or
result in a breach or default under, any agreement, contract,
arrangement, mortgage or indenture to which it is bound,
(ii) result in the creation of any lien, encumbrance or pledge
upon any of the properties or assets (other than raw materials) of
RTI, or (iii) violate any statute, rule, regulation or order
applicable to RTI.
Except as specifically set
forth in clause (d) above, RTI shall be deemed to have
reaffirmed each representation and warranty contained in this
Section 4.6 on and as of the date of each delivery of
Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste hereunder.
4.7 MSD Representations
and Warranties . MSD hereby represents and warrants to RTI
the following:
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(a) it is fully authorized to
enter into and perform this Agreement;
(b) that its execution and
performance of this Agreement will not (i) conflict with, or
result in a breach or default under, any agreement, contract,
arrangement, mortgage or indenture to which it is bound,
(ii) result in the creation of any lien, encumbrance or pledge
upon any of the properties or assets (other than raw materials) of
MSD, or (iii) violate any statute, rule, regulation or order
applicable to MSD; and
(c) as of the Effective Date,
MSD has not received notice, nor is it aware, that the Specialty
Allografts or Bone Paste infringe upon any patent which has been
issued to any third party.
Except as specifically set
forth in clause (c) above, MSD shall be deemed to have
reaffirmed each representation and warranty contained in this
Section 4.7 on and as of the date of each acceptance of
delivery of Specialty Allografts or Bone Paste
hereunder.
4.8 Quality
Procedures . The Parties acknowledge the importance of
ensuring that the Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste are of the
highest quality and are safe and effective for their intended or
expected uses. Accordingly, within ten (10) days after signing
this Agreement, RTI shall provide MSD with a full and complete copy
of its policies and procedures for ensuring the quality and safety
of Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste (the “Quality
Procedures”). The Quality Procedures shall be consistent with
the terms of this Agreement and provide greater detail for the
arrangement and responsibilities of the parties in the procurement,
processing, testing and delivery of Specialty Allografts and Bone
Paste hereunder as well as regulatory reporting functions and the
exchange of information relevant to any of the foregoing. The
Quality Procedures shall also set forth material specifications and
acceptability criteria for the Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste,
which specifications and criteria shall be no less stringent than
industry standards and shall include, at a minimum, standards and
procedures for donor screening, intake evaluation, tissue
processing, tissue storage, tissue record keeping, retained
samples, maintenance and access to documentation. Within ten
(10) days after signing this Agreement, the parties shall each
designate in writing an appropriate contact person for
communications regarding the Quality Procedures, and the parties
will promptly notify each other in writing of any changes in such
personnel. The designated contacts for each party, and other
reasonably appropriate safety and quality assurance personnel as
the parties may designate from time to time, shall meet in person
or via other appropriate means no less often than quarterly to
review the Quality Procedures and consider modifications thereto.
Quality Procedures will be amended from time to time by RTI with
the advice and comment from MSD to reflect changes in technology,
laws, regulations and industry standards, provided that no party
will be required to agree to any change to the Quality Procedures
that, in the reasonable discretion of such party, would adversely
impact the quality, safety or efficacy of any Specialty Allograft
or Bone Paste. RTI will not modify or amend the Quality Procedures
without providing prompt written notice to MSD.
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ARTICLE V
LICENSE AND SERVICE
FEE
5.1 License and Service
Fee . Beginning on the Implementation Date, MSD shall pay
to RTI a license and service fee (“ LSF ”) for
Specialty Allografts and Bone Paste delivered to MSD from RTI
pursuant to a Binding Order. The LSF for each Specialty Allograft
and for Bone Paste is set forth on Schedule 2.1. The fees set forth
on Schedule 2.1 shall be effective on October 1, 2006. In
addition, MSD will be obligated to remit to RTI a processing fee
surcharge related to allograft processed and shipped during the
months of June, 2006 through September, 2006 as follows: June,
2006, Six Hundred Seventy Two Thousand Dollars ($672,000), July,
2006, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), August, 2006, Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), and September 2006, Three
Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Dollars ($328,00).
RTI acknowledges receipt of
Six Hundred Seventy Two Thousand Dollars ($672,000) for the month
of June 2006.
5.2 Most Favored Fee;
Fee for Samples .
(a) Most Favored
Customer Fee . The LSF for Bone Paste shall not exceed the
comparable LSF for comparable bone paste received by RTI from any
third party and the LSF for Specialty Allografts shall not exceed
the comparable LSF for comparable allografts received by RTI from
any other third party. If, however, during the term of this
Agreement, RTI offers or accepts lower fees, RTI shall immediately
notify MSD and shall thereafter charge MSD based upon such lower
fees and this Agreement shall be deemed amended as appropriate to
incorporate such lower fees.
Not more than once every 6
months, MSD may conduct a review of the books and records of RTI
relating to the foregoing provision. If MSD determines as a result
of such review that RTI is not in compliance with the foregoing
provision, RTI will immediately adjust its fees hereunder to be in
compliance and RTI will reimburse MSD for its out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in connection with such review.
The fees set forth on
schedule 2.1 relative to Cornerstone SR (mono only) shall remain
effective provided that RTI produces and delivers to MSD the
minimum monthly quantity of specialty allograft indicated below,
subject to receipt by RTI of Binding Forecasts from MSD in those
amounts or greater during the relevant month.
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deliver to MSD the indicated Minimum Monthly Quantity of
Cornerstone SR allograft for any [***] months during a particular
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quarter, subject to receipt
by RTI of Binding Forecasts from MSD in those amounts or greater
during the relevant month, then the fees for Cornerstone SR
allograft for that quarter only shall thereafter shall be a fee
that is [***] %) less than the fee otherwise in effect at that
time.
Fees for the Cornerstone SR
allograft in subsequent quarters shall
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