[*] = Certain confidential information contained in this document,
marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Unoprostone
NDA
Transfer,
Patent and
Know-how Licensing,
and
Data
Sharing
Agreement
Effective
Date:
April 23,
2009
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[*] = Certain confidential information contained in this document,
marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Unoprostone
NDA Transfer, Patent and Know-how Licensing and Data Sharing
Agreement
THIS
UNOPROSTONE NDA TRANSFER, PATENT AND KNOW-HOW LICENSING AND DATA
SHARING AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is made this
23 day of April, 2009 (the “ Effective Date
”), by and among Sucampo Pharma Americas, Inc. (“
SPA ”), a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, U.S.A., ( a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (“SPI”) a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the state of Delaware,
U.S.A.), and having its principal office at 4520 East West Highway,
Third Floor, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, and R Tech Ueno, Ltd.
(“RTU”), a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of Japan and having its registered office at 1-1-7
Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan ,100-0011 (SPA and RTU
each referred to herein as a “ Party ” and
collectively as the “ Parties ”).
WHEREAS,
SPA is a United States based pharmaceutical company that seeks the
right to hold and maintain the NDA (as defined below) for
Unoprostone (as defined below and further described in
Exhibit A) within the SPA Territory (as defined below) in
accordance with the requirements of the Regulatory Authority (as
defined below);
WHEREAS,
SPA also seeks exclusive rights to license the existing Licensed
Product (as defined below) and Unoprostone patents and trademarks
within the SPA Territory;
WHEREAS SPA
also seeks the exclusive right to develop the Licensed Product and
Unoprostone for further patents and trademarks worldwide;
and
WHEREAS,
SPA also seeks to share in the further Clinical Development
(defined below) and commercial sale of Licensed Product and
Unoprostone within the SPA Territory; and
WHEREAS,
RTU has the right to transfer NDA control and maintenance
responsibilities for Unoprostone within the SPA Territory to SPA;
RTU has the right to license existing Licensed Product and
Unoprostone patents and trademarks within the SPA Territory to SPA
; and RTU has the right to license the Licensed Product and
Unoprostone for further patents and trademarks worldwide to SPA;
and RTU has the right to license the further Clinical Development
and commercial sale of Licensed Product and Unoprostone within the
SPA Territory to SPA;
WHEREAS,
for this Agreement, SPA and RTU agreed upon a Draft Term Sheet
dated December 15, 2008 (the “ Term Sheet
”), which sets forth the basic terms and conditions under
which RTU shall license and supply certain products to SPA
consistent with the terms of this Agreement, and the parties now
wish to enter into this definitive agreement in accordance with the
Term Sheet.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises exchanged
herein, and in consideration of the execution of the Unoprostone
Exclusive Manufacturing and Supply Agreement (the
“Unoprostone
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marked by brackets, is filed
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Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Supply
Agreement” )
(Exhibit B) to be executed between the Parties
contemporaneously with this Agreement the receipt and sufficiency
of such consideration is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as
follows:
1.1
“Adverse Event” means any
untoward medical occurrence in any patient use of discontinuance of
a Licensed Product or clinical investigation subject administered a
Licensed Product and which does not necessarily have to have a
causal relationship with this pharmaceutical treatment. An adverse
event (AE) can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended
sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example),
symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a
pharmaceutical product, whether or not considered related to the
pharmaceutical product, including but not limited to those events
that must or may be reported in accordance with the pre-clinical
testing, clinical trial testing or in market pharmaco-vigilance or
other reporting requirements as may be required by any Regulatory
Agency incident to the prosecution or maintenance of an IND or an
NDA or similar regulatory filing with respect to the testing,
registration, manufacture use or sale of a product as a
pharmaceutical for human use .
1.2
“Affiliate” means,
with the respect to either Party, any Person that, directly or
through one or more Affiliates, controls, or is controlled by, or
is under common control with, such Party. For purposes of this
definition, “control” means (i) ownership of more
than fifty percent (50%) of the shares of stock entitled to vote
for the election of directors, in the case of a corporation, or
more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity or management voting
interests in the case of any other type of legal entity,
(ii) status as a general partner in any partnership, or
(iii) any other arrangement whereby a Person controls or has
the right to control, directly or indirectly, the commercial
operations, the Board of Directors or the equivalent governing body
of a corporation or other entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
no event at any time during the Term of this Agreement shall SPA be
considered Affiliate of RTU nor RTU be considered Affiliate of SPA
for the purpose of this Agreement.
1.3
“
Annual Net Sales” means the cumulative Net Sales
during any given Calendar Year.
1.4
“Applicable Law” means all
federal, state, local, national and supra-national treaties,
conventions laws or statutes, and any implementing orders, rules
and/or regulations, including any rules, regulations, orders,
judgments, determinations, guidance, or requirements of Regulatory
Authorities, the tax authorities, courts of competent jurisdiction
and any non-governmental agencies that control any aspect of the
pharmaceutical, medical, commercial or financial activities
contemplated by the parties in utilizing the rights granted or
received incident to this Agreement, including but not limited to
development of pharmaceutical products in accordance with the
International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements
for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use
(“ICH”) standards, listing of securities on stock
exchanges governed by major national securities exchanges or major
securities listing organizations or compliance with financial and
accounting standards as promulgated by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or its foreign equivalent for IFRF
reporting
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
standards,
that may be in effect from time to time during the Term and
applicable to a particular activity hereunder.
1.5
“Business Day” means a
day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banking institutions
in Washington, DC, USA, or Tokyo, Japan, are open for business,
such that a bank holiday in the United States which is not a
banking holiday in Japan is nevertheless a Business Day under the
terms of this Agreement.
1.6
“Clinical Studies” means a
human clinical study, or other test or study in humans, with
respect to a Unoprostone or a Licensed Product performed incident
to an open IND, including, but not limited to Phase I Study, Phase
II Study, Phase III Study, Phase IV Study, early access programs,
compassionate use and single patient INDs, epidemiological studies,
modeling and pharmacoeconomic studies, post-marketing studies,
investigator sponsored studies, and health economics
studies.
1.7
“Commercialization” or
“Commercialize” means any and all activities
(whether before or after Regulatory Approval) directed to the
commercialization of the Licensed Product, including pre-launch and
post-launch marketing, Promoting, distributing, offering to sell
and selling the Licensed Product, and importing or exporting the
Licensed Product for sale. When used as a verb,
“Commercializing” means to engage in Commercialization
and “Commercialized” has a corresponding
meaning.
1.8
“Commercial Product” means Drug
Product specifically produced and packaged for Commercial use and
sale for indications with Regulatory Approval within the SPA
Territory in final labeling and packaging as approved incident to
the NDA.
1.9
“Confidential Information” means all
information that is not in the public domain and is protectable by
a Disclosing Party as a trade secret under Applicable Law
(including, without limitation, Regulatory Data and Information, as
defined below) provided to a Party by another Party, whether oral,
in writing or otherwise, including, without limitation, any
information on the research, development, markets, customers,
suppliers, patent applications, inventions, products, procedures,
designs, formulas, business plans, financial projections,
organizations, employees, consultants or any other similar aspects
of a Party’s present or future business.
1.10
“Corporate Names” means
(i) in the case of SPA, the trademark SPA and the Sucampo
corporate logo or such other names and logos used generally by SPA
and its Affiliates in their business (and not relating to a
specific product or technology) as SPA may designate in writing
from time to time, and (ii) in the case of RTU, the trademark
RTU and the RTU corporate logo or such other names and logos used
generally by RTU in its business (and not relating to a specific
product or technology) as RTU may designate in writing from time to
time, in each case ((i) and (ii)), together with any variations and
derivatives thereof.
1.11
“Data Exclusivity” means any
data or market exclusivity granted to a Licensed Product in the SPA
Territory by any Regulatory Authority as of the Effective Date or
at any time during the Term.
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
1.12
“Development” or
“Develop” means, with respect to the Licensed
Product, all research, all pre-clinical and clinical activities
conducted relating to the Licensed Product for any indication,
including without limitation, test method development and stability
testing, toxicology, animal studies, formulation, process
development, manufacturing scale-up, quality assurance/quality
control development for clinical studies, statistical analysis and
report writing, and Clinical Studies, including without limitation
clinical trial design, operations, data collection and analysis and
report writing, publication planning and support, risk assessment
mitigation strategies, health economics outcomes research planning
and support, clinical laboratory work, disposal of drugs and
regulatory activities in connection therewith, the transfer of
information, materials, Licensed Product regulatory documentation
and other technology with respect to the foregoing, the preparation
of Regulatory Filings, and obtaining and/ or maintaining Regulatory
Approvals (including regulatory affairs activities and preparation
of meetings with Regulatory Authorities). When used as a verb,
“Developing” means to engage in Development and
“Developed” has a corresponding meaning.
1.13
“Disclosing Party” means the
Party disclosing Confidential Information; provided a Party
owning certain property as provided hereunder shall be considered
the Disclosing Party and the other Party shall be considered the
Receiving Party regardless of which Party discloses such
information.
1.14
“Drug Approval Application” means, on
a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product basis in SPA Territory, an
application submitted to a Regulatory Authority for Regulatory
Approval for the Licensed Product, and all supplements and
amendments that may be filed with respect to the
foregoing.
1.15
“Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension
Indication” means the
prophylactic or therapeutic use in the prevention and/or treatment
of glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension.
1.16
“Improvement Patent” shall mean
any patent relating to any invention made by a Party that improves
the performance of the Licensed Product in terms of its safety,
efficacy, patient acceptance, cost, manufacture, formulation,
dosing, use or sale, but shall not include inventions that involve
new compositions of matter used as active ingredients, or new
formulation technology otherwise patentable and applicable to other
compositions of matter than the Licensed Product.
1.17
“IND” means an
application filed with a Regulatory Authority for authorization to
commence human clinical trials or prosecute a Drug Approval
Application of Unoprostone, including, but not limited to,
(i) an Investigational New Drug Application as defined in the
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) or any update thereto or
any successor application or procedure filed with the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), (ii) any foreign equivalent of a United
States IND, and (c) all supplements and amendments that may be
filed with respect to the foregoing.
1.18
“Licensed Know-How” means all
Technology controlled by RTU or its Affiliates as of the Effective
Date or at any time during the Term that is useful or necessary for
developing, using, making, having made, offering for sale,
registering, selling or importing the Licensed Product.
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
1.19
“Licensed Patents” means all
patent and patent applications related to Unoprostone that are
hereunder licensed to SPA and/or enable SPA activities in SPA
Territory (i) that are owned by or licensed (with the right of
sublicense) to RTU on before the Effective Date of this Agreement
or (ii) which derive from inventions that are acquired, made,
created, developed, conceived or reduced to practice by RTU during
the Term of this Agreement, to the extent that such patents or
patent applications relate to Unoprostone (including, without
limitation, its composition of matter, its method of use, its
formulation(s) (either alone or in combination with other active
ingredients), its dosing regimens, its manufacture, its synthesis,
its metabolism, its safety and/or its utility ) or necessary, used,
or useful for the development, manufacture or commercialization of
Unoprostone, or (iii) which derive from an invention that is
made, created, developed, conceived or reduced to practice jointly
by RTU and SPA after the Effective Date of this Agreement the
practice of which would in the absence of a license, infringe on a
claim of any unexpired patent described in (i) or (ii).
Licensed Patents include all reissues, continuations,
continuations-in-part, extensions, reexaminations, and foreign
counterparts of any of the foregoing. Licensed Patents include
listing set forth in Exhibit C ( Licensed Patents ),
which may be amended from time-to-time to add additional patents
and patent applications.
1.20
“Licensed Product” means any
human or veterinary pharmaceutical product (whether prescription or
over-the-counter and in any form or dosage form of a pharmaceutical
composition or preparation), comprising of Unoprostone (whether as
a sole active ingredient or in combination with one or more other
active ingredients) for which the rights to manufacture, to use and
to sell such product in the SPA Territory as a pharmaceutical
product are granted hereunder to SPA under the Licensed Patents and
the Licensed Know-How.
1.21
“Market Withdrawal” means a
“market withdrawal” as such term is defined in Title
21, United States Code of Federal Regulations, Part 7.3 (as
amended from time to time, or such successor Applicable Law as may
take effect in the United States) or in equivalent Applicable Law
outside the United States, governing the possible withdrawal of the
Licensed Product in the SPA Territory.
1.22
“NDA” means a New
Drug Application, as defined by laws for such application within
the SPA Territories (as defined below) and applicable regulations
promulgated in the countries or territories there under, or other
appropriate marketing authorization in Japan, or any counterpart
application or marketing authorization in any country of the SPA
Territory. For the avoidance of doubt, maintenance of the NDA with
respect to compliance of the Drug Substance or the Drug Product
with the Drug Master File/Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls
(“DMF/CMC”) elements of the NDA shall remain with and
be maintained by RTU .
1.23
“Net Sales” means the
total amount billed or invoiced on sales of Licensed Product by SPA
or its Affiliates in SPA Territory to independent, unrelated Third
Parties such as wholesalers or distributors and actually received
in payment from such unrelated Third Parties in bona fide
arm’s length transactions, less the following deductions
(specifically excluding any royalty payments made by SPA or its
Affiliates to RTU), in each case related specifically to
Commercialization and sale of the Licensed Product and actually
allowed and taken by such Third Parties and not otherwise recovered
by or reimbursed to SPA or its Affiliates:
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with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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transportation charges to the extent added to the sale price and
set forth separately as such in the total amount invoiced, as well
as any fees for services provided by wholesalers and warehousing
chains related to the distribution of the Licensed
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of rejections, defects, one percent (1%) return credits, recalls or
returns or because of retroactive price reductions, including, but
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portion of management, commercialization costs or fees paid during
the relevant time period to distributors, co-promotion partners,
group purchasing organizations and/or pharmaceutical benefit
managers relating specifically to the finished Licensed
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will include the amount or fair market value of all other
consideration received by SPA or its Affiliates in respect of the
Licensed Product, whether such consideration is in cash, payment in
kind, exchange or other form.
Subject to
the above, Net Sales will be calculated in accordance with
SPA’s standard internal policies and procedures, which must
be in accordance with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles as regularly applied under the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (“FASB”) as may be promulgated from
time to time).
Net sales
will not include sales between or among SPA and its Affiliates. For
purposes of calculating Net Sales, all Net Sales will be converted
into United States dollars using SPA’s standard conversion
methodology consistent with GAAP. The standard conversion
methodology is based on monthly averages (for example, the spot
rate at the end of the month immediately prior to the reporting
month plus the spot rate at the end of the reporting month, divided
by two) using open market rates.
If SPA or
its Affiliates appoint Third Party distributors for the Licensed
Product or grant a license or sublicense to any Third Party for
manufacturing and selling the Licensed Product, Net Sales will
include the Net Sales invoiced and received by SPA or its
Affiliates to such Third Party distributors and the royalties or
other compensation of any other kind whatsoever invoiced and
received by SPA or its Affiliates to any such Third Party
manufacturer, but it will not include any sales of the Licensed
Product made by any such Third Party distributors or other
Person.
1.24
“Order” means, in
accordance with the Unoprostone Supply Agreement Sections 1.8
( Order ), 2.4 ( Clinical Supply; Order ) and 2.5 (
Commercial Supply; Exclusivity; Forecasting; Order ), a
written communication from SPA to RTU of SPA’s order for
purchase of a specified amount of Unoprostone or Licensed Product
at a delivery date, delivery price and delivery location set forth
in such written purchase order communication.
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
1.25
“Other Indications” means any
indication for use of Unoprostone other than the Glaucoma
Indication and Ocular Hypertension Indication.
1.26
“Person” means an
individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, incorporated
association, joint venture, or other entity or organization, in any
case whether for-profit or not-for profit, and including, without
limiting the generality of any of the foregoing, a government or
political subdivision, department or agency of a government or
formal non-governmental organization.
1.27
“Phase I Study” means a
human clinical trial of a product, the principal purpose of which
is a preliminary determination of safety or pharmacokinetics in
healthy individuals or patients or similar clinical study
prescribed by the Regulatory Authorities, from time to time,
pursuant to Applicable Law or otherwise.
1.28
“Phase II Study” means,
collectively, a Phase IIa Study and a Phase IIb Study.
1.29
“Phase IIa Study” means a
human clinical trial of a product, the principal purpose of which
is a demonstration of proof of concept in the target patient
population or a similar clinical study prescribed by the Regulatory
Authorities, from time to time, pursuant to Applicable Law or
otherwise.
1.30
“Phase IIb Study” means a
human clinical trial of a product, the principal purpose of which
is to find the optimally safe and effective dose range in the
target patient population or a similar clinical study prescribed by
the Regulatory Authorities, from time to time, pursuant to
Applicable Law or otherwise.
1.31
“Phase III Study” means a
human clinical trial of a product on a sufficient number of
subjects that is designated to establish that such product is safe
and efficacious for its intended use, and to determine warnings,
precautions, and adverse reactions that are associated with such
product in the dosage range to be prescribed, which trial is
intended to support marketing of such product, including all tests,
studies, or a similar clinical study prescribed by the Regulatory
Authorities, from time to time, pursuant to Applicable Law or
otherwise.
1.32
“Product Label and Insert” means
(i) any display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the
immediate container, outside container, wrapper or other packaging
of the Licensed Product or (ii) any written, printed or
graphic material on or within the package from which the Licensed
Product is to be dispensed and is reviewed and approved from time
to time by a Regulatory Authority from time to time.
1.33
“Product Trademark” means
(i) any trademark, trade dress, brand mark, service mark,
brand name, logo or business symbol, Internet domain name and
e-mail address, whether or not registered or any application,
renewal, extension or modification thereto, that is applied to or
used with the Licensed Product by RTU, its Affiliates, or any other
Party that is marketing, promoting, and/or selling the Licensed
Product and (ii) all goodwill associated therewith; in each
case ((i) and (ii)). Corporate Names are specifically excluded,
except where the name of the manufacturer is required to be
mentioned on Licensed Product labels or otherwise by a Regulatory
Authority. Product Trademark shall include, but
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
not be
limited to, the mark “Rescula” as well as derivatives
thereof. Product Trademarks existing as of the Effective Date
include, without limitation, those Product Trademarks set forth in
Exhibit C (Product Trademarks), which shall be updated from
time to time.
1.34
“Product Valid Claims” means,
with respect to the Licensed Product, a claim of any issued and
unexpired patent included within the Licensed Patents, the
enforceability of which has not been subject to one or more of any
of the following: (i) irretrievable lapse, revocation or
abandonment; (ii) holding of unenforceability or invalidity by
a decision of a court or other appropriate body of competent
jurisdiction, that is unappealable or unappealed within the time
allowed for appeal; and/or (iii) disclaimer or admission of
invalidity or unenforceability through reissue or re-examination or
opposition, nullity action or invalidation suit response, terminal
disclaimer or otherwise. The foregoing notwithstanding, in the
event a claim of a patent within the Licensed Patent(s) has been
held to be invalid or unenforceable, and an appeal is pending, such
claim shall not be considered a Product Valid Claim until
reinstated by a final decision of a court or governmental agency of
competent jurisdiction.
1.35
“Promote” or “
Promotion ” means those activities normally undertaken
by a pharmaceutical company’s sales force and marketing team
to implement marketing plans and strategies aimed at encouraging
the appropriate use of a particular prescription or other
pharmaceutical product, including detailing. When used as a verb,
“Promote” means to engage in such
activities.
1.36
“Promotional Material” means all
written, printed or graphic material, other than Product Labels and
Inserts, intended for use by representatives in Promoting the
Licensed Product, including visual aids, file cards, premium items,
clinical study reports, reprints, drug information updates, and any
other promotional support items.
1.37
“Recall” means a
“recall” as such term is defined in Title 21, United
Stated Code of Federal Regulations, Part 7.3 (as amended from
time to time, or such successor Applicable Law as may take effect
in the United States) or equivalent Applicable Law outside the
United States, of the Licensed Product.
1.38
“Receiving Party” means the
Party receiving Confidential Information; provided a Party
owning certain property as provided hereunder shall be considered
the Disclosing Party and the other Party shall be considered the
Receiving Party regardless of which Party discloses such
information.
1.39
“Regulatory Approval” means, in
the SPA Territory, any and all approvals, licenses (including
product and establishment licenses), registrations, or
authorizations of any Regulatory Authority necessary to Develop,
manufacture, Commercialize, promote, distribute, transport, store,
use, sell or market the Licensed Product, including, where
applicable, pricing or reimbursement approval, or pre- and
post-approval marketing authorizations, labeling approvals, import
and export licenses, technical, medical and scientific
licenses.
1.40
“Regulatory Authority” means any
national, supra-national, regional, federal, state, provincial or
local regulatory agency, department, bureau, commission, council or
other governmental entity
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
regulating
or otherwise exercising authority over the distribution,
importation, exportation, manufacture, use, storage, transport,
clinical testing, Commercialization, or sale of the Licensed
Product.
1.41
“Regulatory Data and Information”
consists of
data and information relating to a Licensed Product that is derived
from any or several of the following business activities undertaken
by any of the Parties at any time: (i) market and business
research and intelligence; (ii) research and development of
pharmaceutical and medicinal products; (iii) obtaining
Commercialization approval for pharmaceutical products; and
(iv) consultation with respect to any or several of the above
activities.
1.42
“Regulatory Filings” means,
collectively, all INDs, Drug Approval Applications, diagnostic
product device approval applications, establishment license
applications, drug master files, and any product approvals under
Section 505 (a) and (b) of the Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act (FDCA) (21 U.S.C. § 355(b)(4)(B)) or any update
thereto or all other similar filings (including, without
limitation, any counterparts of any of the foregoing in SPA
Territory) as may be required by any Regulatory Authority for the
Development, manufacture or Commercialization of Unoprostone or the
Licensed Product; and (b) all supplements and amendments to
any of the foregoing.
1.43
“Technology” means,
collectively, proprietary information, know-how and data, technical
or non-technical, trade secrets, materials (including tangible
chemical, biological or other physical materials) or inventions,
discoveries, improvements, processes, methods of use, methods of
manufacturing and analysis, compositions of matter, or designs,
whether or not patentable.
1.44
“Term” means the
definition provided in Section 12.1.
1.45
“Territory” means
(i) with respect to SPA, the United States of America and
Canada, and all of their territories and possessions and any other
location where the FDA or its foreign counterparts in the Territory
has jurisdiction over pharmaceutical products intended for human
use (“SPA Territory”), and (ii) with respect to
RTU, the remaining countries in the world (“RTU
Territory”).
1.46
“Third Parties” means any
Person other than RTU and SPA and their respective
Affiliates.
1.47
“Unoprostone” (also
known by the USAN name of Unoprostone isopropyl) is the composition
of matter defined chemically as isopropyl [*] as further described
in Exhibit A, and its salts, metabolites, as well as any
active pro-drugs, isomers, tautomers, hydrates, chelates, complexes
and polymorphs and all other pharmaceutically acceptable
modifications as may be projected in the public domain as
motivation to an medicinal chemistry expert in the drug development
field.
2.1 After
the Effective Date, RTU shall cooperate with SPA for timely
transfers to SPA of ownership and control of all regulatory
approvals and files, owned by RTU as of the Effective Date, for the
Licensed Product in the SPA Territory, at RTU’s expense, with
the exception of the CMC matter to be retained by RTU.
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
2.2 RTU
shall provide SPA with transitional services relating to the
regulatory approvals, which shall consist of supporting SPA’s
efforts to submit regulatory filings, reasonably requested by SPA
in writing for a period of up to six (6) months after
Effective Date, at SPA ‘s expense.
2.3 Prior
to the Effective Date, RTU shall maintain the NDA of the Licensed
Product at RTU’s expense and, as from the Effective Date, SPA
shall maintain the NDA of the Licensed Product at SPA’s
expense within the SPA Territory.
3.1. Right
to Use Regulatory Data and Information.
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Each Party (each, within this
Article 3, a “ Receiving Party ”) shall
have a right to use of all Regulatory Data and Information
developed by the other Party (each, within this Article 3, a
“ Developing Party ”) for the purpose specified
in the Agreement in such Receiving Party’s Territory. The
Parties shall keep one another reasonably apprised of information
pertaining to Regulatory Data and Information and may request
formal disclosure of Regulatory Data and Information at any time,
consent to such request shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
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The
Parties anticipate that a Receiving Party may exercise its rights
under this Section 3.1 at any time, and specifically at the
start of Phase I Studies or at the end of Phase I Studies, Phase II
Studies, Phase III Studies or Regulatory Approval.
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If
a Receiving Party exercises its right to access and use a
Developing Party’s Regulatory Data and Information, such
Receiving Party shall be entitled to use such Regulatory Data and
Information solely for the purpose of developing, obtaining
regulatory approval for, marketing and selling products in such
Receiving Party’s Territory pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. Such rights shall include the right
to refer, in any application for regulatory approvals for the
Licensed Products and/or Unoprostone in respect of any country in
the Receiving Party’s Territory, to any and all documentation
filed by the Developing Party or its sublicenses with the
regulatory authorities in the Developing Party’s Territory,
in support of any application for regulatory approval of the
Licensed Products and/or Unoprostone.
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3.2 Data
Sharing Intellectual Property Ownership. Subject to
the rights obtained by a Party pursuant to this Article 3, the
Receiving Party shall retain all the rights in any invention,
technology, know-how or other intellectual property resulting from
its use of the Regulatory Data and Information in compliance
herewith; provided, however, that such Receiving Party shall allow
the other Party to use non-exclusively in its Territory such
Regulatory Data and Information without consideration solely for
the purpose of developing, obtaining regulatory approval for,
marketing and selling products in such Party’s Territory. The
provisions set forth in Article 3 shall not be the basis of
any joint development program, partnership or joint venture of any
kind unless separately agreed upon. Any joint development program,
if any, shall be the subject of separate definitive
agreements.
Article 4.
Patent License Grants and Know-How Access
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
4.1 Patent
Licenses. Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and subject to no
further costs than those set forth in Article 9 below, RTU
hereby grants to SPA a royalty-bearing and exclusive license, with
right of sublicense as provided in Section 4.3 (
Sublicensing ), under the Licensed Patents to Develop,
import, use, make, have made, export, register, Commercialize,
offer for sale and sell Licensed Products throughout the SPA
Territory.
4.2 License
to Know-How. Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and subject to no
further costs than those set forth in Article 9 below, RTU
hereby grants to SPA a royalty-bearing and exclusive license, with
right of sublicense as provided in Section 4.3 (
Sublicensing ), under the Licensed Know-How to Develop,
import, use, make, have made, export, register, Commercialize offer
for sale and sell Licensed Products throughout the SPA
Territory.
4.3
Sublicensing. SPA shall
have the right to sublicense its rights under Sections 4.1 (
Patent Licenses ) and 4.2 ( License to Know-How ) to
Third Parties, provided that (i) the agreement in which such
sublicense is granted shall conform with the terms of this
Agreement as may be necessary for SPA to abide by all duties,
obligations and restrictions provided under this Agreement, and
(ii) RTU shall provide written consent for such sublicensing, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld. In no event may SPA grant a
sublicense that diminishes the rights or increases the obligations
of RTU under this Agreement without the prior written consent of
RTU. With reasonable promptness following execution, SPA shall
provide a copy of any sublicense to RTU provided that the financial
terms of such sublicense may be redacted. SPA shall be responsible
hereunder for any failure of such Third Parties to comply with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement as if they are directly
applicable to such Third Parties.
4.4
Improvement Patents. As
inventions are discovered by a Party that would be a basis for
filing for an Improvement Patent, that inventing Party shall inform
the other Party and the Parties will cooperate with each other
before the filing, in the filing, and after filing such Improvement
Patent, to assure at lowest cost, and more reasonable level of
effort the widest filing globally of a patent filing most likely to
be granted with the most comprehensive claims so as to best extend
and improve the commercial returns from the Licensed Product.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and subject
to no further costs than those set forth in Article 9 below,
RTU hereby grants to SPA a non-exclusive and royalty-free license,
under any and all patents to be owned by RTU with respect to any
patentable inventions made, created, developed, conceived or
reduced to practice by RTU during the Term of this Agreement in
relation to the Licensed Product and/or Unoprostone, to Develop,
make, register, Commercialize, use and sell the Licensed Products
within the SPA Territory hereunder. SPA hereby grants to RTU a
non-exclusive and royalty-free license, under any and all patents
to be owned by SPA (including its Affiliates and sublicensees) with
respect to any patentable inventions made, created, developed,
conceived or reduced to practice by SPA during the Term of this
Agreement in relation to the Licensed Products and/or Unoprostone
hereunder, to make, use and sell any product within the RTU
Territory. SPA will notify RTU and its Affiliates within thirty
(30) days in the event that SPA decides not to prepare, file,
prosecute, maintain and/or defend the Improvement Patents outside
of SPA Territory. RTU or its Affiliates shall then have the right
and option to do so at its own responsibilities and expense and
shall own any resulting patent applicable or patent. Such rights of
RTU would be in addition to, and
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
not
replace, any other rights and remedies of RTU’s available by
law and/or this Agreement. RTU will notify SPA and its Affiliates
within thirty (30) days in the event that RTU decides not to
prepare, file, prosecute, maintain and/or defend the Improvement
Patents outside of SPA Territory. SPA or its Affiliates shall then
have the right and option to do so at its own responsibilities and
expense and shall own any resulting patent applicable or patent.
Such rights of SPA would be in addition to, and not replace, any
other rights and remedies of SPA’s available by law and/or
this Agreement.
4.5 License
to Product Trademarks. Subject to
and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
and subject to no further costs than those set forth in
Article 9 below, RTU hereby grants to SPA an exclusive, even
as to RTU and its Affiliates in the SPA Territory, royalty-free
license, with the right to sublicense to multiple tiers of Third
Parties, to use all current and future Product Trademarks in
connection with the performance by SPA or its Affiliates of their
development and Commercialization obligations with respect to the
Licensed Product, provided, however RTU shall have the right to use
these future trademarks without incurring any payment obligations
to SPA in RTU Territory. Notwithstanding the license to Product
Trademarks granted by RTU in this Section 4.5, SPA shall have
the right not to use the Licensed Product Trademarks or to use
another trademark (each an “Alternative Trademark”) for
the Licensed Product in SPA Territory, and SPA shall own all rights
to such Alternative Trademark and shall be free to use such
Alternative Trademark without regard to, or accounting to, RTU
except as otherwise provided herein. RTU shall have the right to
use these Alternate trademarks without incurring any payment
obligations to SPA in RTU Territory.
5.1
Regulatory Filings; Regulatory Approvals. Subject to
Articles 2 ( NDA Transfer ) and 3 ( Data Sharing )
the following provisions shall apply:
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Ownership. Ownership and control over all
aspects of the NDA other than CMC compliance for the Licensed
Product and Unoprostone in the Territory shall be transferred to
SPA in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 and 3
above. Upon such transfer SPA shall undertake it commercially
reasonable efforts to prosecute and maintain the NDA for the
Licensed Products and/or Unoprostone [for all product indications]
in the Territory.
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Preparation of Regulatory Filings;
Communications.
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Preparation of Regulatory Filings;
Review of Regulatory Filings. Subject to all provisions above, the
Parties shall reasonably cooperate and consult with each other in
good faith to develop strategies for all Regulatory Filings for
Unoprostone and the Licensed Product; provided that RTU
shall be responsible for determining for the CMC package and shall
have a right of final approval for the overall regulatory strategy.
The Parties shall also be responsible within their respective
Territories for implementing the regulatory strategy for clinical
studies (including the interactions with Regulatory
Authorities).
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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Communications; Regulatory
Meetings. The
Parties shall cooperate with each other’s reasonable requests
and provide support in responding to Regulatory Authorities,
including providing comments on its submissions and responses
within ten (10) Business Days from the time of receipt or
sooner if required by Regulatory Authority.
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Occurrences or Information Arising
out of RTU Manufacturing Activities. During the Term, RTU will advise SPA
without undue delay, however in any event within a period not to
exceed seven (7) Business Days of any occurrences or
information arising out of RTU’s manufacturing activities
that have or could reasonably be expected to have adverse
regulatory compliance and/or reporting consequences concerning the
Licensed Product, including actual or threatened Regulatory
Authorization withdrawals or labeling changes in SPA Territory, and
failure to do so shall constitute a material breach of this
Agreement by RTU.
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Regulatory Authority
Inspections. During the Term, and subject to the
Unoprostone Supply Agreement, RTU will be responsible for handling
and responding to any Regulatory Authority inspections with respect
to RTU’s manufacture of the Licensed Product. RTU will
provide to SPA any information reasonably requested by SPA and all
information requested by any Regulatory Authority concerning any
governmental inspection related to the Licensed Product and will
allow Regulatory Authorities to conduct reasonable inspections upon
the request of such Regulatory Authority and failure to do so shall
constitute a material breach of this Agreement by RTU.
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Violations or Deficiencies Relating
to the Licensed Product. SPA without undue delay, but in any
event within a period not to exceed five (5) Business Days, of
any written alleged violations or deficiencies relating to the
Licensed Product and the corrective action to be taken. RTU will as
expeditiously as practicable take any such corrective action
required to comply with the provisions of this Agreement and with
the Unoprostone Supply Agreement, and failure to do so shall
constitute a material breach of this Agreement by RTU. Prior to
submission of any written response submitted to any applicable
Regulatory Authority, SPA will have an opportunity to review any
portion of the response regarding written alleged violations or
deficiencies relating to the Licensed Product.
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5.2 Product
Labels and Inserts; Core Data Sheets. Each Party
and its Affiliates shall own and be responsible for all Product
Labels and Inserts for all Licensed Products in its Territory. Each
Party and its Affiliates shall own and be responsible for all Core
Data Sheets for all Licensed Products in its Territory.
5.3 Adverse
Event Reports. SPA and
its Affiliates shall be responsible for investigating Adverse
Events and other required safety information associated with the
use of the Licensed Product in SPA Territory in accordance with the
requirements of the relevant Regulatory Authority. SPA shall be
responsible for the collection, review, assessment, tracking and
filing of information related to Adverse
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Events, and
RTU will cooperate and provide or cause any Third Party to provide
such information to SPA and its Affiliates with respect thereto and
failure to do so shall constitute a material breach of this
Agreement by RTU. Prior to any Commercialization of the Licensed
Product in the SPA Territory, the Parties shall enter into an
agreement to initiate a process for the exchange of Adverse Event
safety data in a mutually agreed format, including, but not limited
to, post-marketing spontaneous reports received by a Party or its
Affiliates in order to monitor the safety of the Licensed Product
and to meet reporting requirements with any applicable Regulatory
Authority ( “Pharmacovigilance Agreement”
).
5.4 Recalls
and Market Withdrawals.
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Notification.
Each Party shall make
every reasonable effort to notify the other Party promptly (but in
no event later than forty-eight (48) hours) upon its
determination that any event, incident or circumstance has occurred
that may result in the need for a Recall or Market Withdrawal of
the Licensed Product, in or outside of its Territory, and include
in such notice the reasoning behind such determination and any
supporting facts.
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Initiation. SPA shall determine whether to
voluntarily implement any Recall and upon what terms and conditions
the Licensed Product shall be subject to a Recall in SPA Territory.
SPA shall determine whether to voluntarily implement a Market
Withdrawal in SPA Territory and upon what terms and conditions the
Licensed Product shall be subject to a Market Withdrawal or
otherwise temporarily or on a limited basis withdrawn from sale in
SPA Territory. If a Recall is mandated by a Regulatory Authority,
SPA shall initiate such a Recall to be in compliance with
Applicable Law.
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Responsibility.
For all Recalls or
Market Withdrawals undertaken pursuant to this Section 5.4,
SPA and its Affiliates shall be solely responsible for the
execution of such Recall or Market Withdrawals, and RTU shall
reasonably cooperate in all such Recall or Market Withdrawal
efforts. RTU shall be responsible for the costs associated with any
Recall or Market Withdrawal to the extent of its attribution to the
cause of such Recall or Market Withdrawal.
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Complaints. In the case that the same lot of the
Product is supplied for the SPA Territory and RTU Territory, each
Party shall refer any complaints that it receives concerning the
Licensed Product in the other Party’s Territory to the other
Party within forty-eight (48) hours of its receipt of the same
or earlier if required by Applicable Law; provided that all
complaints concerning suspected or actual Licensed Product
tampering, contamination or mix-up (e.g. wrong ingredients) shall
be delivered within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the same.
Unless otherwise required by any Applicable Law, the Parties shall
not take any other action in respect of any such complaint which it
receives concerning the Licensed Product in the other Party’s
Territory without the prior written consent of the other
Party.
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6.1
General. SPA, at its
sole discretion, may engage in Development of Unoprostone and/or
Licensed Product in SPA Territory.
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Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
6.2
Additional Clinical Trials. SPA, at
its sole discretion, may conduct clinical trials of Unoprostone
and/or Licensed Product in SPA Territory, at its sole
expense.
6.3
Pharmacovigilance Administration. In SPA
Territory, SPA shall be responsible for all costs of
pharmacovigilance administration in SPA Territory in accordance
with the Pharmacovigilance Agreement (as defined in
Section 5.3 above, Adverse Events Reports ). RTU shall
ensure that it, its Affiliates, or its licensees provide SPA with
all information and data required to allow SPA to comply with its
regulatory obligations and RTU’s failure to do so shall
constitute a material breach of this Agreement by RTU.
6.4 Conduct
of Development.
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Compliance. Within its Territory, each Party
shall perform Development of Unoprostone and/or Licensed Product in
good scientific manner and in material compliance with Applicable
Law.
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Cooperation. The Parties shall cooperate in good
faith as needed in performance of Development.
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6.5
Records. Each Party
shall maintain records of its Development activities in sufficient
detail, in good scientific manner and otherwise in a manner that
reflects all work done and results achieved in the performance of
Development. Each Party shall retain such records for at least five
(5) years after the expiration or termination of this
Agreement, or for such longer period as may be required by
Applicable Law or agreed to in writing by the Parties. Subject to
Articles 10 ( Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure ) and 3 (
Data Sharing ), each Party shall provide the other Party,
upon reasonable request, a copy of such records to the extent
reasonably required for the performance of the requesting
Party’s obligations and exercise of its rights under this
Agreement. Each Party agrees to maintain a policy that requires its
employees and consultants to record and maintain Technology
developed during the development plans in accordance with generally
accepted practice in the industry.
6.6 Other
Indications; Mutual Right of First Refusal. From time
to time during the Term, each Party may Develop products for Other
Indication(s) within each Territory and grant the other Party a
non-exclusive license to Develop and Commercialize a product for
such Other Indication(s) in its Territory. Each Party shall provide
the other with notice of any such Other Indication(s) in writing.
The Parties shall negotiate in good faith on basic terms and
conditions of such license agreement. Each party shall have the
right to sublicense the right set out in this section 6.6 only upon
prior written consent by the other party, which consent is within
the other party’s full and unfettered discretion.
Article 7.
Promotion of Licensed Products
7.1
Efforts. Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, SPA and its Affiliates
shall be solely responsible for all aspects of Commercializing the
Licensed Product in SPA Territory, including, but not limited to
the utilization of Third Parties to Commercialize or detail the
Licensed Products. SPA shall have full discretion, without
liability to RTU, in determining whether or not to Commercialize
the Licensed Product in SPA Territory.
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
7.2
Promotional Materials. SPA shall
own all Promotional Materials for the Licensed Product in SPA
Territory. RTU shall provide SPA with copies of Promotional
Materials, if prepared by RTU, for the Licensed Product. SPA, its
Affiliates and sublicensees may use such Promotional Materials, as
modified appropriately subject to the approval of RTU in writing,
for use in SPA Territory for the purpose of this Agreement. SPA
shall permit RTU to use copies of the Promotional Materials,
including those so modified, within RTU Territory.
8.1 Upfront
Payment. SPA or its
Affiliates shall pay to RTU a non-refundable Three Million United
States Dollars (US$3,000,000) (payable in Japanese Yen, converted
at the spot rate at the close of the Business Day in which each
such milestone payment becomes payable) within fifteen
(15) days of the Effective Date.
8.2
Milestone Payments. SPA shall
make each of the following non-refundable, payments to RTU, in
United States dollars, but paid in Japanese Yen, converted at the
spot rate at the close of the Business Day in which each such
milestone payment becomes payable and each on a one (1) time
basis at the end of the month following which the milestone event
is achieved:
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Milestone Payment
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Rescula ® for Glaucoma Indication in SPA
Territory
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SPA to pay RTU
US$500,000 in accordance with 9.2 after the occurrence of the
Milestone Event
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Other
Indication Regulatory Approval in SPA Territory for
efficacy
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SPA to pay RTU
US$1,000,000 in accordance with 9.2 after the occurrence of the
Milestone Event
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US$500,000 in accordance with 9.2 after the occurrence of the
Milestone Event
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SPA to pay RTU
US$1,000,000 in accordance with 9.2 after the occurrence of the
Milestone Event
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US$2,500,000 in accordance with 9.2 after the occurrence of the
Milestone Event
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marked by brackets, is filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
8.3 Third
Party Royalties and Milestones. Within SPA
Territory, SPA shall be solely responsible for the payment of any
Third Party Royalties, milestone payments and any other payments
arising from Third Party intellectual property rights claims
related to the Licensed Product.
8.4 Payment
Dates and Reports. Upon
making the payments under Sections 9.2 ( Milestone
Payments ) and 9.3 ( Third Party Royalties and
Milestones ), SPA and its Affiliates shall also provide a
report showing: (i) a statement identifying the Annual Net
Sales of the Licensed Product in the Territory; (ii) the
withholding taxes, if any, required by Applicable Law to be
deducted with respect to such Net Sales; and (iii) the
exchange rates, if any, used in determining the amount of United
States dollars.
8.5 Audit
Rights . Each
Party shall keep and maintain for at least three (3) years
complete and accurate records in accordance with GAAP or IFRF as
the case may be in sufficient detail to allow confirmation of any
payment calculations or components thereof and made hereunder. Upon
the written request of a Party (herein, the “ Auditing
Party ”) and not more than once in each Calendar Year,
the other Party (herein, the “ Audited Party ”)
shall permit an independent certified public accounting firm of
internationally-recognized standing, selected by the Auditing Party
(provided that the Auditing Party shall not without the Audited
Party’s prior written consent select the same public
accounting firm that conducts the Auditing Party’s annual
financial statement audit) and reasonably acceptable to the Audited
Party, at the Auditing Party’s expense, to have access, with
not less than thirty (30) days notice, during normal business
hours, to the records of the Audited Party and its Affiliates as
may be reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of the payments
hereunder for any year ending not more than thirty-six
(36) months prior to the date of such request. The accounting
firm will be instructed to provide its audit report first to the
Audited Party, and will be further instructed to redact any
proprietary information of the Audited Party not relevant to
verifying the accuracy of payments prior to providing that audit
report to the Auditing Party. The accounting firm’s audit
report shall state whether the applicable report(s) is/are correct
or not, and, if applicable, the specific details concerning any
discrepancies. No other information shall be shared. If such
accounting firm concludes that additional monies were owed by the
Audited Party to the other, the Audited Party shall have the option
to invoke the arbitration proceedings of Sub-Section 14.1.2 or
pay the additional monies within thirty (30) days of the date
the Audited Party receives such accounting firm’s written
report so concluding. The fees charged by such accounting firm
shall be paid by the Auditing Party; provided if an error in
favor of the Auditing Party of more than ten percent (10%) is
discovered, then the Audited Party shall pay the reasonable fees
and expenses charged by such accounting firm. Any audit reports
provided hereunder shall be the Confidential Information of the
Audited Party.
8.6
Withholding Taxes. All
payments made under this Agreement shall be free and clear of any
and all taxes, duties, levies, fees or other charges, except for
withholding taxes. Where any sum due to be paid to a Party
hereunder is subject to any withholding tax, the Parties shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to do all such acts and things and
to sign all such documents as will enable them to take advantage of
any applicable double taxation agreement or treaty. In the event
there is no applicable double taxation agreement or treaty, or if
an applicable double taxation agreement or treaty reduces but does
not eliminate such withholding or similar tax, the paying Party
shall deduct any
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Act of 1934, as amended.
withholding
taxes from payment and pay such withholding or similar tax to the
appropriate government authority, deduct the amount paid from the
amount due to the receiving Party and secure and send to the
receiving Party the best available evidence of such
payment.
8.7
Payments. All
payments due under this Agreement shall be payable in Japanese Yen,
converted at the spot rate at the close of the Business Day in
which each such milestone payment becomes payable. Unless specified
otherwise herein or in the Unoprostone Supply Agreement, RTU will
invoice SPA for Licensed Product upon RTU’s delivery thereof
to SPA’s carrier and payments shall be due within thirty
(30) days from date of receipt
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