FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST
AMENDED AND RESTATED EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT (this "
Agreement ") is made and entered into as of January
16, 2006 (the “ Agreement Date ”), by
and between Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation
having its principal place of business at 1800 Byberry Road,
Building 13, Huntingdon Valley, PA, 19006-3525 USA ("
Cellegy "), and Strakan International Limited
, a company organized and existing under the laws
of Bermuda with a branch office at Buckholm Mill, Galashiels, TD1
2HB, UK (" Licensee” ").
BACKGROUND
A. Cellegy owns or possesses certain intellectual
property rights with respect to the Licensed Product (as
hereinafter defined) and certain rights pertaining to
Cellegy’s Marks (as hereinafter defined)
B. The Parties previously entered into an
Exclusive License and Distribution Agreement (“ Prior
Agreement ”) dated as of July 9, 2004 (the “
Effective Date ”), pursuant to which Licensee
obtained an exclusive license to certain rights to the Licensed
Product under such intellectual property rights, and to
Cellegy’s Marks within the Territory (as hereinafter
defined).
C. The Parties desire to amend the Prior Agreement
in various respects, as reflected in this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms,
whether used in the singular or the plural, shall have the
following meanings:
“ Affiliates
” shall mean, with respect to any party, any person, which,
directly or indirectly, is controlled by, controls or is under
common control with such party. For purposes of this definition,
the term control (including with correlative meanings, the terms
controlled by and under common control with) means having the
power, whether held directly or indirectly and by whatever means
(and whether or not enforceable at law or in equity) to:
(i)
exercise or control the right to
vote attached to 50% or more of the issued shares in the
party;
(ii)
dispose of or exercise a right of
disposal in respect of 50% or more of the issued voting shares in
the party;
(iii)
appoint one half or more of the
number of directors to the board of the party; or
(iv)
determine substantially the conduct
of the party’s business activities.
“ Agreement ” means
this First Amended and Restated Exclusive License
Agreement.
“ Approvals ” are
registration approvals, registrations or authorizations provided by
the Relevant Regulatory Authority in the Territory for the
[manufacture,]importation, storage, Development, promotion,
marketing, distribution or sale of the Licensed Product, but
excluding any pricing approvals that may be required by any
Relevant Regulatory Authority of a country within the
Territory.
“ Cellegy Information
” means the technical and clinical information concerning the
Licensed Product that is developed by Cellegy and that is included
in the new drug application filed with the Relevant Regulatory
Authority in Sweden, and Cellegy’s European common technical
document format, and which may include, without limitation, data in
support of indications, bioequivalency data and information,
clinical data, pharmaco-toxicological data, analytical methods,
stability and pharmaceutical data concerning the Licensed Product,
and any other related supporting documentation or other information
or materials in Cellegy’s possession from time to time that
Cellegy may in its discretion from time to time develop before the
date that all required Approvals are obtained and that may be
necessary for, or useful in connection with obtaining and
maintaining Approvals for the Licensed Product in the
Territory.
“ Cellegy Marks ”
means the trademarks, service marks and/or trade names owned by
Cellegy or that Cellegy has the right to use in connection with the
Licensed Product as set forth on Exhibit E hereto and as
further described in Section 13.1, that are used by Licensee, its
Affiliates or Sublicensees in connection with the importation,
storage, Development, promotion, marketing, distribution and sale
of the Licensed Product.
“ Cellegy Patents ”
means the patents identified on Exhibit D hereto.
“ Cellegy Supply Agreement
” means the supply agreement between Cellegy and Manufacturer
to Licensee governing the supply of the Licensed Product to Cellegy
or Cellegy’s nominees or licensees outside the Territory and
incorporating the terms and conditions of a relevant Technical
Agreement.
“Cellegy Surcharge
” means 10% of the per unit
cost.
“Commercially Reasonable and Diligent
Efforts ”
shall mean with respect to Development and commercialization of the
Licensed Product, a Party’s reasonable efforts no less than
those efforts used by the Party in its other development,
commercialization or marketing projects with other technologies and
products having comparable commercial potential.
“ Competing Licensed
Products ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.4.
“ Current SmPC ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 11.4.
“ Development ”
(including variations such as “Develop” and the like)
shall mean all appropriate measures, steps and the like that are
necessary to prepare and compile dossiers appropriate for obtaining
Approvals for the Licensed Product in the Territory and conducting
clinical trials in the Territory (if required). As it relates to
Cellegy, “Development” shall mean that Cellegy shall
provide Licensee a copy of the dossier concerning the Licensed
Product filed by Cellegy with the Relevant Regulatory Authority in
Sweden, and such other materials relating thereto or to obtaining
other Approvals for the Licensed Product in the Territory as
Cellegy may in its discretion from time to time develop before the
date that all required Approvals are obtained.
“ Dollars ” or
“$” means United States
dollars.
“ Effective Date ”
means the date set forth at the beginning of the Prior
Agreement.
“ Euros ” or
“€” shall mean currency
denominated in Euros.
“
GMP ” means good manufacturing practices in
conformity with the regulations and regulatory interpretations of
the Relevant Regulatory Authorities in each country in the
Territory, including without limitation EU cGMP such regulations
covering good manufacturing practices set forth in the relevant
legislation or guidelines and applicable to the Territory, as such
regulations may be amended and interpreted by the Relevant
Regulatory Authorities from time to time.
“ Intellectual Property
Rights ” means all rights and interests, vested or
arising out of any industrial or intellectual property, whether
protected at common law or under statute, which includes (without
limitation) the Patent Rights, Trade Marks and Know-How and any
rights and interests in inventions (both patentable and
unpatentable), patents, copyrights, moral rights, designs (whether
registered or unregistered), trade marks (whether registered or
unregistered), trade secrets, goodwill, samples, materials, data,
results and Confidential Information.
“ Know-How ” means
all data, information, methods, procedures, processes and
materials, which is or comes to be possessed, acquired, licensed or
owned by Cellegy as of the Effective Date and from time to time
thereafter of this Agreement, to the extent that such data,
information, methods, procedures, processes and materials
specifically relate to the manufacture, development, testing or use
of the Licensed Product, including but not limited to, biological,
chemical, biochemical, toxicological, pharmacological, metabolic,
formulation, clinical, analytical and stability information and
data (other than such Know-How which is the subject of a patent or
of a provisional or filed patent application), and for which
Cellegy has the right to license, disclose or provide to
Licensee.
“ Launch Date ”
means following Approval the date upon which the Licensed Product
is first commercially offered for sale in a country in the
Territory, determined on a country by country basis.
“ Licensed Product ”
means the pharmaceutical product known as Tostrex®
(testosterone) 2% topical testosterone gel for the treatment of
male hypogonadism, in the pharmaceutical presentation described in
Exhibit A .
“ Licensee Product ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“ Licensee Supply
Agreement ” means the supply agreement between
Licensee and Manufacturer governing the supply of the Licensed
Product to Licensee by Manufacturer for the Territory and
incorporating the terms and conditions of a relevant Technical
Agreement.
“ Loss ” means any
and all loss, liability, damage, fee, cost, (including without
limitation actual reasonable court costs and reasonable
attorneys’ fees regardless of outcome) expense, suit, claim,
demand, judgment and prosecution.
“ Major European Countries
” shall mean France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United
Kingdom.
“Manufacturer”
means Cellegy’s nominated
Third Party manufacturer of the Licensed Product or any other
manufacturer nominated by Cellegy or by Licensee.
“ Minimum Sales
”
means agreed targets for unit sales
of Licensed Product in the Territory, as set forth on Exhibit
C hereto.
“M.R.P” means the mutual recognition procedure as
defined in Article 28 of European Directive 2001/83/EC.
“ Net Sales ” means
the gross proceeds from sales of the Licensed Product that is due,
or otherwise received by, Licensee, or its Affiliates or its
Sublicensees from Third Party customers for such Licensed Product,
less:
(i)
reasonable credited allowances
actually granted to such Third Party customers,
(ii)
the amounts of reasonable trade and
cash discounts actually allowed, to the extent such trade and cash
discounts are specifically allowed on account of the purchase of
such Licensed Product,
(iii)
sales taxes, excise taxes, use
taxes and import/export duties and any other government charges
(other than taxes on income) actually due or incurred or paid by
Licensee, or its Affiliates or Sublicensees, in connection with the
sales of the Licensed Product to any Third Party, and
(iv)
reasonable allowances, adjustments,
reimbursements, discounts, chargebacks and rebates actually granted
to Third Parties, including, but not limited to, rebates given to
health care organizations or other Third Parties, and any bona fide
payment made in respect of any sales of Licensed Product to any
governmental or quasi-governmental body or agency, whether during
the actual royalty period or not.
“Party” means Cellegy or Licensee, and Parties shall
mean both Cellegy and Licensee.
“ Patent Rights ”
means (i) the patents and patent applications listed in Exhibit
D hereto and any patents and patent applications existing as of
the Effective Date; (ii) any patent or patent application hereafter
which is acquired by Cellegy or under which Cellegy becomes
licensed and with the right to sublicense to Licensee, during the
term of this Agreement, in each case of (i) and (ii) above relating
to the Licensed Product, its manufacture, use or sale, including
methods of use and screening or processes that use the Licensed
Product; (iii) any divisionals, continuations and
continuations-in-part defined in (i) or (ii); (iv) any extension,
renewal or reissue or patent identified in any reissue or
re-examination of any patent or patent application identified in
(i) through (iv), in each case, to the extent that such items
relate to the Licensed Product. Such items set forth in sub-items
(i) through (iv) will be identified and added by the Parties to
Exhibit D from time to time during the term of this
Agreement.
“ Relevant Regulatory
Authority ”, in relation to a country or region in
the Territory, means the governmental authority, regulating the
use, importation, storage, Development, promotion, marketing,
distribution or sale of therapeutic substances and the grant of
Approvals in such country or region.
“ Steering Committee
” means the Steering Committee, as described in Article 4 of
this Agreement.
“ Sublicensee ”
means any person to whom Licensee sublicenses the rights, or any
portion thereof, granted by Cellegy to Licensee pursuant to Section
2.1 hereof.
“ Technical Agreement
”
means the agreements between Cellegy
and Manufacturer for Licensed Product supplied outside the
Territory, and between Licensee and Manufacturer for Licensed
Product supplied within the Territory, defining the roles and
responsibilities for the parties to the Technical Agreements in
relation to, inter alia, (i) manufacture and supply of the Licensed
Product pursuant to GMP; and (ii) regarding regulatory, safety and
pharmacovigilence issues, the terms and conditions of which are
incorporated into any supply agreement for the Licensed
Product.
“ Territory ” means
the countries listed on Exhibit B hereto.
“ Third Party ”
means any party other than Cellegy or Licensee, or Licensee’s
Affiliates or Sublicensees.
ARTICLE
2
GRANT OF LICENSE
2.1 Grant . Cellegy hereby grants to Licensee an
exclusive, royalty-bearing, license, with a right to sublicense as
set forth herein, under all of Cellegy’s Intellectual
Property Rights to manufacture or have manufactured anywhere in the
world, import, store, Develop, have Developed (through agreements
with contract research organizations or similar Third Parties,
performing work on behalf of and for the benefit of Licensee),
promote, market, distribute, offer for sale, and sell the Licensed
Product within the Territory, and to use Cellegy’s
Intellectual Property Rights in connection with the importation,
storage, Development, promotion, marketing, distribution and sale
of Licensed Product and obtaining any Approvals hereunder, in each
of the above cases only in relation to promotion, marketing,
distribution, offer for sale and sale of the Licensed Product
within the Territory. Licensee’s rights to the Licensed
Product and the Intellectual Property Rights are limited to those
expressly granted, and all others are reserved to
Cellegy.
2.2 Right to sub-license . Subject to Section 2.5 below, Licensee may
sub-license any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement,
directly or indirectly, in whole or in part:
(a)
to Third Parties approved by
Cellegy in writing, which approval will not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed; and
(b)
to a Cellegy approved Third Party
Manufacturer in the case of Licensee sub-licensing the rights to
manufacture the Licensed Product and subject to appropriate
confidential disclosure by Cellegy of the Cellegy Information and
Know-How which Cellegy shall disclose to allow the manufacture of
the Licensed Product by such Manufacturer; and
[*] designates portions of
this document that have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment filed separately with the
Commission
(c)
to any of its Affiliates that are
engaged primarily in the business of manufacture, importation,
storage, Development, promotion, marketing, distribution and sale
of pharmaceutical products, as Licensee sees fit.
Any such
sublicense shall not relieve Licensee of any of its obligations
hereunder, and Licensee shall remain responsible and liable for
compliance by any such Third Party, Affiliate or Sublicensee with
this Agreement, all relevant laws, regulations and requirements
relating to the importation, distribution, marketing, promotion and
sale of the Licensed Product in the Territory, and any acts or
omissions by any such Third Party, Affiliate or Sublicensee that
would constitute a breach of this Agreement if such sublicense had
not been entered into and the actions or omissions were those of
Licensee rather than the Third Party, Affiliate or Sublicensee. Any
sublicense agreement shall contain terms and conditions that are
not inconsistent with those of this Agreement.
2.3
Acceptance of Appointment; Sales
Outside Territory .
(a)
Licensee hereby accepts appointment
as Cellegy's exclusive licensee of Licensed Product in the
Territory, as provided in Section 2.1 above.
(b) Licensee shall not, and Licensee shall use all
Commercially Reasonable and Diligent Efforts to ensure that its
officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, agents or
representatives (collectively, " Agents ") shall
not, without the prior written consent of Cellegy, directly or
indirectly promote, sell, distribute or otherwise make available
(for remuneration or gratuitously) Licensed Product outside the
Territory or sell, distribute or otherwise make available (for
remuneration or gratuitously) Licensed Product to persons outside
the Territory for the purpose of resale or distribution (whether
for remuneration or gratuitously) outside the Territory. Without
limiting the foregoing, Licensee agrees to use all Commercially
Reasonable and Diligent Efforts to ensure compliance with the
preceding sentence, including without limitation placing
appropriate notices on the labels of Licensed Products; provided,
however, that Licensee shall not be obligated to include any
notices in a particular country in the Territory that would
conflict with any relevant requirements of the Relevant Regulatory
Authority for such country, and Licensee’s failure or refusal
to include any such notices in such circumstances shall not
constitute a breach of any provision of this Agreement.
2.4
Competing Products
. During the term of this
Agreement, or, if earlier, the maximum period of time permitted by
applicable European Union regulations, Licensee shall not, and
shall use all Commercially Reasonable and Diligent Efforts to
ensure that its officers, directors, employees, Affiliates,
Sublicensees, agents or representatives (collectively, "
Agents ") shall not, directly or indirectly,
promote, sell or distribute products within the Territory that are
directly competitive in the treatment of male hypogonadism or such
other indications for the Licensed Product as may be added to this
Agreement (the “ Competing Licensed Products
”), excluding Licensee’s [*] (the “
Licensee Product ”). For the avoidance of
doubt, this shall not preclude Licensee from conducting research
and development in relation to projects or products
[*] designates portions of
this document that have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment filed separately with the
Commission
that may be
associated with the treatment of male hypogonadism or such other
indication for the Licensed Product added to this Agreement. If
applicable law or applicable European Union regulations provide
that the foregoing covenant is unenforceable or require that the
duration of the foregoing covenant be shorter than the term of this
Agreement, then if at any time during the term of this Agreement
when such covenant is not effective Licensee or its Agents directly
or indirectly promote, sell or distribute Competing Licensed
Products, Cellegy may terminate this Agreement with respect to any
country where such Competing Licensed Products are being promoted,
sold or distributed by delivery of written notice to
Licensee.
2.5
Right of First Negotiation
Regarding Licensee Product in North America . Before Licensee enters into any agreement with
any Third Party which includes the right to develop, promote,
distribute or sell the Licensee Product for use in males in
territories that include the United States of America or Canada
(“ North America ”), or any agreement
with any Third Party which includes worldwide rights to develop,
promote, distribute or sell the Licensee Product, Licensee shall
first offer to Cellegy in writing (the “ Negotiation
Notice ”) a one-time right of exclusive first
negotiation to negotiate with Licensee concerning exclusive
development, marketing and/or distribution rights in North America
(or worldwide, as the case may be) for such Licensee Product, for a
negotiation period not to exceed [*] (the “
Negotiation Period ”). Cellegy shall exercise
the Right of First Negotiation granted herein by providing written
notice of its election (the “ Exercise Notice
”) to Licensee within [*] after the date of delivery of the
Negotiation Notice to Cellegy. The Negotiation Period shall
commence upon delivery to Licensee of the Exercise Notice. During
the Negotiation Period, Licensee shall not enter into any agreement
with any person other than Cellegy with respect to the development,
promotion, distribution or sale of the Licensee Product within any
country in North America (or worldwide, as the case may be). During
the Negotiation Period, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith;
provided, however, that nothing in this Article shall be deemed to
create a legal obligation on the part of Licensee to enter into any
such agreement. This Right of First Negotiation shall terminate
upon the first to occur of (i) Cellegy’s failure to timely
deliver its Exercise Notice following receipt of the Negotiation
Notice; (ii) the expiration of the Negotiation Period; (iii) the
mutual termination of negotiations by the Parties conducted under
this Article; or (iv) the effective date of termination of this
Agreement by either Party as provided elsewhere in this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
3
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of
Cellegy. Cellegy
hereby represents and warrants to Licensee that:
(a) Cellegy is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with the corporate power and authority to enter into
this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by
all requisite corporate action on the part of Cellegy. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Cellegy and
constitutes the valid, binding and enforceable obligation of
Cellegy, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’
rights generally from time to time in effect and to general
principles of equity.
(b) Cellegy is not subject to, or bound by, any
provision of: (i) its articles of incorporation or by-laws, (ii)
any mortgage, deed of trust, lease, note, shareholders’
agreement, bond, indenture, license, permit, trust, custodianship,
or other instrument, agreement or restriction, or (iii) any
judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court,
governmental body, administrative agency or arbitrator, that would
prevent, or be violated by, or under which there would be a default
as a result of, nor is the consent of any person required for, the
execution, delivery and performance by Cellegy of this Agreement
and the obligations contained herein, including without limitation,
the grant to Licensee of the license described in Section 2.1
hereof.
(c) Cellegy is the exclusive owner of all right,
title and interest in the Patent Rights in the applicable countries
in the Territory, and the patent applications included in the
Patent Rights have been duly filed and contain no material errors.
Cellegy shall maintain all Patent Rights for the full duration of
this Agreement. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a complete
and accurate list of all patents and patent applications included
in the Patent Rights.
(d) Cellegy is the exclusive owner of all right,
title and interest in the Cellegy Marks in the Territory. Cellegy
shall maintain at its sole expense where applicable all Cellegy
Marks for the full duration of this Agreement. Attached hereto as
Exhibit E is a complete and accurate list of all trade marks
and trade mark applications included in the Cellegy
Marks.
(e) To the best of Cellegy’s knowledge,
neither the development, use or sale of the Licensed Product or the
practice of any of the inventions included in the Patent Rights or
the use of the Cellegy Marks or the use of the Know-How by Licensee
as contemplated by this Agreement infringes upon any Third
Party’s know-how, patent, trade mark or other intellectual
property rights in the Territory.
(f) To the best of Cellegy’s knowledge, there
is no Third Party using or infringing any or all of the Patent
Rights or the Cellegy Marks in derogation of the rights granted to
Licensee in this Agreement.
(g) To the best of Cellegy’s knowledge, there
is no interference or opposition actions or litigations pending or
any communication, which threatens interference or opposition
actions or litigation before any patent and trade mark office,
court or any other governmental entity in any jurisdiction in
regard to the Patent Rights or the Cellegy Marks.
(h) Cellegy represents and warrants that, to the
best of its knowledge, it has furnished or will furnish (in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement) to Licensee all of the
Know-How which Cellegy owns or possesses.
(i) CELLEGY MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY
OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREUNDER, AND CELLEGY HEREBY
DISCLAIMS ALL SUCH OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR THE
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OF THE LICENSED PRODUCT OR THE
KNOW-HOW. EXCEPT AS MAY BE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED ELSEWHERE HEREIN,
CELLEGY MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE LICENSED
PRODUCT IS OR WILL BE SHOWN TO BE SAFE OR EFFECTIVE FOR ANY
INDICATION. THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT REDUCE THE SCOPE OF ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF CELLEGY EXPRESSLY MADE TO LICENSEE
HEREIN.
(j) Cellegy will use all Commercially Reasonable
and Diligent Efforts to ensure that Cellegy will not alter the
Cellegy Information supplied to Licensee or the materials or
processes described in that information in relation to any of the
Licensed Product without the prior written notification to
Licensee.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of
Licensee . Licensee
hereby represents and warrants to Cellegy as follows:
(a) Licensee is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Bermuda,
having a branch office in the UK with the corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have
been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part
of Licensee. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
Licensee and constitutes the valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of Licensee, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and
to general principles of equity.
(b) Licensee’s Affiliates shall not conduct
themselves in such a way that Licensee will be in breach of any
term or condition of this Agreement.
(c) Licensee currently is in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable laws and has received, or
will receive where relevant, all applicable pharmaceutical product
certifications and registrations from appropriate governmental
entities that are necessary to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 4
MANAGEMENT OF THE
COLLABORATION
4.1
Steering Committee
.
(a)
Upon execution of the Prior
Agreement, Cellegy and Licensee established a Steering Committee
(the “ Steering Committee ”) which
shall have the responsibilities described in this Article 4. The
Steering Committee shall be initially comprised of a total of six
(6) members, of which three (3) members shall be appointed by
Licensee and three (3) members
[*] designates portions of
this document that have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment filed separately with the
Commission
shall be
appointed by Cellegy. The total number of Steering Committee
members may be changed by the Steering Committee from time to time
as appropriate, but in all cases it will be comprised of an equal
number of members designated by each of Cellegy and Licensee, and
in no event shall the Steering Committee be comprised of an
aggregate of less than six (6) members. Each of Cellegy and
Licensee may substitute its representatives from time to time and
the substitution shall be effective upon notice to the other Party.
The Steering Committee shall meet once every quarter during the
first year of the term of this Agreement and thereafter at such
other times as the Steering Committee may agree (but at least one
time each year), on such dates and at such places as to be agreed
upon between the Parties. Each representative on the Steering
Committee will have one vote in decisions submitted to the Steering
Committee. The meetings of the Steering Committee may be held in
person or in any other reasonable manner, including, without
limitation, by telephone, video conference or e-mail.
(b) [*] shall designate a Chairperson who will
serve as such. The Chairperson shall send notices (not less than 15
business days in advance of such meetings) and agendas for all
regular Steering Committee meetings to all Steering Committee
members. The location of regularly scheduled Steering Committee
meetings shall alternate among the offices of the Parties, unless
otherwise agreed. Meetings may be held telephonically or by video
conference, but each member shall attend at least one meeting in
person each year. The Party hosting any Steering Committee meeting
shall appoint one person (who need not be a member of the Steering
Committee) to attend the meeting and record the minutes of the
meeting. Such minutes shall be circulated to the Parties promptly
following the meeting for review, comment and approval.
4.2
Responsibilities of the Steering
Committee . The Steering
Committee will be primarily responsible for activities relating to
implementation of the activities contemplated by this Agreement.
The Steering Committee shall, subject to the provisions set forth
in this Agreement (including the dispute resolution procedures
hereof), be the primary vehicle for interaction between the Parties
with respect to the Development and commercialization of the
Licensed Product in the Territory. In particular, the Steering
Committee shall perform the following functions:
(a) exchange of information and facilitation of
cooperation and coordination between the Parties as they exercise
their respective rights and meet their respective obligations under
this Agreement;
(b) perform such other functions as appropriate to
further the purposes of this Agreement, as determined by the mutual
agreement of the Parties;
(c) with the exception of the Approval application
that Cellegy has already submitted in Sweden, prior to submitting
any Approval application, the Steering Committee shall discuss the
scope and content of such Approval application. The Steering
Committee may
[*] designates portions of
this document that have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment filed separately with the
Commission
review and
comment on all Approval applications, and such comments will be
considered by the Parties as long as such comments are provided in
a timely manner. In the event of a dispute within the Steering
Committee or between the Parties directly or indirectly relating to
the choice of countries within the Territory where Approval
applications shall be filed and Approvals shall be obtained then
clause 4.3 shall not apply. Licensee shall have final
decision-making authority with respect to such Approval application
issues; however, any such decisions shall be based on
Licensee’s good faith belief that such decision is consistent
with commercialization requirements of the Territory;
and
(d) In the event that the Current SmPC requires
substantial and significant changes as described in Section
11.4(b), then the Steering Committee shall review the timetable and
the Approval Plan, and if it so determines to revise and modify
such timetable and Approval Plan, then the time periods for
obtaining Approvals (as set out in Section 5.1(b)) and consequently
commercializing the Licensed Product (as set out in Sections
10.3(i) and (ii)) shall be extended by the amount of time
determined by the Steering Committee.
(e) at the end of [*] review and attempt to agree
on the Minimum Sales for [*].
4.3 Voting; Deadlocks . Each member of the Steering Committee shall
have one vote, and all the decisions of the Steering Committee
shall be made by a simple majority of the members of such
committee; provided , however , that in the event the
members of the Steering Committee are deadlocked and cannot reach a
decision within three (3) days after notice of a deadlock with
regard to any decision required to be made by such committee (each,
a “ Dispute ”), then the Dispute shall
be referred to the Chief Executive Officer of each Party.. If such
Dispute is not resolved by the Chief Executive Officers within five
(5) working days of such referral, then (i) Cellegy’s Chief
Executive Officer (or such other officer as Cellegy determines)
will have the authority to cast the tie-breaking vote with regard
to such Dispute if, and only if, the Dispute relates to clinical
studies or trials where, in Cellegy’s good faith opinion, the
conduct or results of the studies or activities could have a
detrimental effect on the commercial viability of the Licensed
Product outside of the Territory, and (ii) for other kinds of
Disputes, if the Chief Executive Officers cannot agree within such
time period, then the Dispute shall be resolved by means of the
dispute resolution procedures set forth in Section 18.14 of this
Agreement.
4.4
Approval Plan; Marketing
Plan . The overall
timetable to obtain Approvals for the Licensed Product in the
Territory shall be set forth in a written plan (the “Approval
Plan”). In addition, Licensee shall prepare a marketing plan,
including details of promotional effort, size of sales force,
associated budget in connection with the promotion, marketing and
distribution of the Licensed Product in the Major European
Countries (the “Marketing Plan”). The initial Marketing
Plan for Sweden shall be submitted no later than six (6) weeks
after the Effective Date of this Agreement. The initial Marketing
Plans for the Major European Countries shall be
[*] designates portions of
this document that have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment filed separately with the
Commission
submitted no
later than three (3) months after the Effective Date, and the
initial Marketing Plans for the other countries in the Territory
shall be submitted no later than one (1) year after the Effective
Date. Such initial Marketing Plans shall be subject to review and
approval by Cellegy, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed. The Marketing Plans shall be consistent in all material
respects with the provisions of this Agreement. Subsequent
revisions and updates to the Marketing Plan shall be delivered
annually and no later than the end of the first week in January
(or, if Licensee makes interim revisions or updates, then as soon
as reasonably practicable after Licensee prepares such revisions or
updates).
ARTICLE
5
REGULATORY MATTERS;
APPROVALS
5.1 Regulatory Matters; Approvals
.
(a) Licensee shall use Commercially Reasonable and
Diligent Efforts, subject to this Agreement, and with the exception
of the Approval application that Cellegy has already submitted in
Sweden, to obtain at its sole expense obtain all Approvals that are
necessary for the sale of the Licensed Product within the Territory
including without limitation: any additional clinical trials,
studies or data in addition to the Cellegy Information that may be
required in order to obtain or maintain Approvals for Licensed
Product in each country in the Territory, and comply with any and
all applicable statutory, administrative or regulatory requirements
of the Territory or any governmental or political subdivisions
thereof (collectively, " Laws ") in relation to the
manufacture, importation, storage, Development promotion,
marketing, distribution or sale of the Licensed Product in the
Territory under this Agreement, including, without limitation,
Licensed Product documentation such as Licensed Product tracking,
samples, Licensed Product complaints, adverse event reporting
requirements, post-marketing surveillance activities, and
documentation of recalls, which documentation shall be maintained
by the Licensee for the period required by the Relevant Regulatory
Authorities in the Territory notwithstanding termination or
expiration of this Agreement, any Licensed Product registrations
with any government agency or health authority, or any
registration, approvals, or filing of this Agreement. Licensee
shall inform Cellegy on at least a semi-annual basis (and more
frequently if Cellegy so reasonably requests) about the progress of
such registration work, and will promptly provide Cellegy with a
copy of all presentations and documents submitted by Licensee to
any Relevant Regulatory Authority with respect to the Licensed
Product. Cellegy shall do all that is necessary to assign the
Approval in Sweden to Licensee, including notifying the Swedish
Relevant Regulatory Authority of such a change. Cellegy shall, upon
Licensee’s written request, provide reasonable assistance to
Licensee, at Licensee’s sole cost, regarding obtaining such
Approvals in the Territory, including allowing Licensee reasonable
access to relevant experts in relation to the Cellegy Information
for the purpose of obtaining Approvals.
(b) Licensee agrees that it will make all filings
that are required to seek and obtain Approvals for the Licensed
Product in each Major European Country by initiating the M.R.P. no
later than [*] after the date of Approval of the variation dealing
with impurities in the
[*] designates portions of
this document that have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment filed separately with the
Commission
Licensed
Product which variation was filed 18 May 2005 with the Relevant
Regulatory Authority in Sweden, provided that the dossier used in
Sweden is acceptable for use in an M.R.P. application. If the
Relevant Regulatory Authority in a country other than Sweden
determines that such dossier is not complete or acceptable for the
initiation of an M.R.P. application in such country, then the
Steering Committee shall promptly meet and attempt to agree on an
appropriate course of action, and recommend an appropriate
modification to the above deadline as applied to such country.
Licensee agrees that it will make all filings that are required to
seek and obtain Approvals for the Licensed Product in other
countries in the Territory no later than [*] after the completion
of the M.R.P. and to use Commercially Reasonable and Diligent
Efforts to take such actions as may be required to promptly obtain
Approvals in all of the foregoing countries. If Licensee desires to
not seek Approvals in one or more countries in the Territory
because Licensee concludes in good faith that for regulatory or
marketing reasons it would not be in the parties’ best
interests to pursue Approvals in such countries, it shall notify
the Steering Committee and the Steering Committee shall decide
whether Approvals will be sought in such country or countries. If
alteration by Cellegy of the Cellegy Information after the date of
this Agreement requires additional time to submit or revise
regulatory filings relating to Approvals, then the time periods set
forth above for making filings and obtaining Approvals shall be
extended by the additional period of time required to submit or
revise such filings.
(c) With the exception of the Approval application
that Cellegy has already submitted in Sweden and such other
materials as Cellegy in its discretion may provide to Licensee
pursuant to this Agreement, Licensee shall pay all costs in
connection with the filing, prosecution, meetings, communications,
and review by Relevant Regulatory Authorities of Approval
applications and Approvals relating to the Licensed Product in the
Territory and complying with applicable laws and
regulations.
5.2 Reversion of Product Rights in Certain
Circumstances . If
further clinical development is required for Approval in a given
country (or countries) within the Territory and Licensee elects not
to conduct any required clinical studies within twenty-four (24)
months after the need for further clinical studies is identified,
then the rights in the Licensed Product in any such country shall
revert to Cellegy at no further cost to Licensee.
5.3 Cooperation Regarding Material Events
. Each Party will immediately notify
the other Party of any material events relating to the Development
of the Licensed Product in the Territory, including, without
limitation, any material comments or concerns raised by any
Relevant Regulatory Authority.
5.4 Copies of Documents . Each Party agrees to provide to the other
Party a copy of (i) any documents or reports relating to the
Licensed Product that are filed with any Relevant Regulatory
Authority in the Territory under this Agreement, including any
Approval applications; and (ii) all data, database information and
safety reports from clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of
Licensee. In particular, Licensee acknowledges that Cellegy has
provided to Licensee a copy of the dossier concerning the Licensed
Product filed in Sweden. All such documents and reports shall be
centralized and held at Licensee or by a Third Party selected by
Licensee and agreed to by Cellegy, provided however, that Cellegy
shall be entitled to obtain and keep copies of any such documents
and records but only for the uses specifically set forth in this
Agreement.
5.5 Approval Application in Sweden
. Cellegy agrees to continue
the ongoing Approval process in Sweden; provided, however, that the
foregoing shall not obligate Cellegy to conduct any additional
studies or trials. Cellegy shall provide Licensee with a copy of
such other reports, analysis and clinical data relating to the
Licensed Product in a timely manner as Cellegy may from time to
time develop before the date that all required Approvals are
obtained.
5.6 Meetings With Regulatory Authorities
. Licensee shall be responsible
for conducting all meetings and discussions and routine telephone
communications with any Relevant Regulatory Authority, related to
clinical studies, Approval applications and Approvals for the
Licensed Product in the Territory; provided that Licensee shall use
Commercially Reasonable and Diligent Efforts to conduct such
meetings and discussions to facilitate the Approval of the Licensed
Product in the Territory. Licensee will inform Cellegy and the
Steering Committee early in advance of all meetings with such
Relevant Regulatory Authorities and will keep Cellegy and the
Steering Committee apprised of all material communications with
such Relevant Regulatory Authorities. Cellegy or its designee shall
be entitled to attend all meetings with Relevant Regulatory
Authorities. If appropriate Cellegy, or Cellegy’s designee,
will provide reasonable assistance and technical support for the
preparation of and attendance at any relevant meeting with a
Relevant Regulatory Authority.
5.7 Inspection . Licensee and Cellegy shall use all
Commercially Reasonable and Diligent efforts to procure that
Manufacturer, shall cooperate in good faith with respect to the
conduct of any inspections by any Relevant Regulatory Authority of
Licensee’s or Manufacturer's site and facilities related to
the manufacture of the Licensed Product for the Territory, and each
Party shall be given the opportunity to attend such site inspection
and the summary, or wrap up, meeting related to the Licensed
Product with such Relevant Regulatory Authority at the conclusion
of such site inspection. To the extent either Party receives
written or material oral communication from any Relevant Regulatory
Authority relating to the Licensed Product in the Territory, the
party receiving such communication shall notify the other parties
and provide a copy of any written communication as soon as
reasonably practicable.
5.8 Clinical Trials . Licensee shall at its own cost be responsible
for the conduct of all studies and clinical trials that may be
necessary or appropriate to obtain all required Approvals
(excluding Sweden) and any post-Approval Clinical Trials and for
the grant of all necessary approvals and maintaining in effect all
appropriate policies of insurance for clinical trials for the
Licensed Product in the Territory. All clinical trials for the
Licensed Product in the Territory that are initiated after the date
of this Agreement shall be performed in compliance with and in
conformity to ICH and E.U. good clinical practice guidelines.
Licensee shall provide Cellegy with the study plans and/or
protocols relating to any such clinical trial before the trial is
started, and Cellegy shall have the right to review and comment on
such trial plans or protocols. It will be the responsibility of the
Party conducting the trial to register such trial, unless by law
Cellegy as the originator of the Licensed Product is required to
register it in which circumstance if Licensee is conducting the
trial it shall supply Cellegy with the appropriate information to
enable the trial to be registered. At the completion of each
clinical trial initiated after the Effective Date, Licensee shall
prepare a written report, in compliance with the relevant ICH
guidelines summarizing the results of such clinical trial, and
containing an analysis of the clinical significance of such
results, which reports shall be submitted to Cellegy as soon as is
reasonably practicable after completion of the relevant clinical
trial. Licensee may enter into one or more manufacturing and supply
agreement(s) (or similar arrangements) with Third Party contract
manufacturer(s) for such clinical supplies, providing that use of
the Third Party contract manufacturer(s) has been approved by
Cellegy .
5.9 Cellegy Obligations . Promptly following entering into this
Agreement Cellegy shall, to the extent it has not already done so
pursuant to the Prior Agreement:
(a) provide Licensee with a complete copy of the
Cellegy Information;
(b) provide Licensee with any information in its
possession that is reasonably likely to jeopardize or otherwise
have a material adverse impact on the application, or any grant,
maintenance, variation or renewal of the Approvals;
(c) except as provided in Section 5.8 above, at its
cost promptly provide to Licensee a sufficient quantity of the
Licensed Product reasonably necessary for Licensee to prepare and
submit the application, and the grant, maintenance, variation or
renewal of Approvals;
(d) use Commercially Reasonable and Diligent
Efforts to assist Licensee and Manufacturer to procure the
assistance of any Third Party supplier of raw materials , in
meeting the demands of the Relevant Regulatory Authority relating
to any application and any grant, maintenance, variation or renewal
of Approvals;
(e)
use commercially reasonable efforts
to assist Licensee to enter into Licensee Supply Agreement and
Technical Agreement with the Manufacturer; and
(f)
notify Licensee and promptly
provide all relevant assistance and supporting documentation to
Licensee and Manufacturer, where relevant, should Cellegy make any
alteration to the Licensed Product, or the manufacture, or packing
of the Licensed Product that requires notification to a Relevant
Regulatory Authority.
(a) All Approvals by any Relevant Regulatory
Authority which are necessary to sell the Licensed Product within
the Territory shall be issued to, and held in the name of Licensee
for the benefit of Cellegy; provided, however, that all such
Approvals shall constitute the sole property of Cellegy.
(b) Licensee shall promptly provide to Cellegy,
upon Cellegy's request, such evidence that Cellegy shall reasonably
require, confirming that all Approvals necessary to import, store,
Develop, promote, market, distribute and sell the Licensed Product
in the Territory have been obtained.
(c) Cellegy hereby acknowledges that, except as may
otherwise be required by law, Licensee has no obligation to verify
the Cellegy Information.
POST- APPROVAL
RESPONSIBILITIES
6.1 Responsibility . Each Party acknowledges that Licensee or the
Affiliate or Sublicensee named by Licensee as the holder of the
Approvals bears the ultimate responsibility vis-à-vis
the Relevant Regulatory Authorities for complying with the
regulatory requirements applicable to the manufacture, importation,
storage, Development, promotion, market