[*] = 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.
Exclusive
Manufacturing and Supply
(also,
Exhibit B to Unoprostone NDA Transfer, Data-Sharing and
License Agreement )
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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
Exclusive Manufacturing & Supply Agreement
THIS
UNOPROSTONE EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURING AND SUPPY 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., (and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 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 Uchisaiwai-cho 1-1-7, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 100-0011 (each
referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the
“Parties”).
WHEREAS,
SPA is a United States based pharmaceutical company that seeks a
supply source for Drug Substance and Drug Product (defined below)
for SPA clinical evaluation and commercial sale in the SPA
Territory (defined below);
WHEREAS,
RTU is a Japan based pharmaceutical company and RTU holds an NDA
with respect to the manufacture, promotion, use and sale of
UNOPROSTONE (also known as Rescula ®
) in Japan
as a pharmaceutical product, and Unoprostone has been manufactured
for preclinical and clinical development and commercial use as a
human pharmaceutical by RTU;
WHEREAS,
SPA seeks to have RTU supply Drug Substance and Drug Product as
further defined herein for use in SPA clinical development and for
future commercial sale in the SPA Territory and desires to have RTU
operate as SPA’s exclusive supplier of Drug Substance and
Drug Product for importation, use and sale in the SPA
Territory.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises exchanged
herein, and in consideration of the conclusion of the Unoprostone
NDA Transfer, Patent and Know-How Licensing and Data-Sharing
Agreement ( “Unoprostone License Agreement” ) to
be executed between the Parties contemporaneously with this
Agreement, the Parties agree as follows:
1.1
“Additional Materials” means all
raw materials, resins, chemical intermediates, consumables,
components, excipients, packaging, labeling and other ingredients
needed to manufacture the Drug Substance and/or Drug Product,
including costs for relevant in-bound freight for the foregoing
items.
1.2
“Adverse Event” means any
untoward medical occurrence in any patient use 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
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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.
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
“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 Maintenance” means
annual stability testing, sample storage, annual audit and annual
updating of the e Drug Master File/ Chemistry, Manufacturing and
Controls (“DMF/CMC”) elements of the NDA as required in
accordance with Applicable Law shall remain with and be maintained
by RTU.
1.4
“Applicable Law” means all
federal, state, local, national and supra-national treaties,
conventions laws or statutes statutes, and any implementing orders,
rules and/or regulations, including any rules, regulations, orders,
judgments, determinations, guidance, or requirements of Regulatory
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 Harmonisation 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
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.
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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.
1.6
“Certificate of Analysis” means a
certificate provided by RTU to SPA with each shipment of the Drug
Substance and Drug Product, which sets forth: (i) the results
of any quality assurance testing; and (ii) the manufacturing
date and the compliance of the report with relevant cGLP, cGMP and
Applicable Law as may apply to the issuance and intended use of
such certificate of analysis.
1.7
“cGLP” means
quality systems, testing and current good laboratory practices
applicable to the manufacture, labeling, packaging, handling,
storage, and transport of active pharmaceutical ingredient, bulk
dosage forms and packaged dosage forms, as set forth in the Food,
Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), including any regulations found in
Title 21 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (including Parts
11, 210 and 211), any update thereto and any other laws,
regulations, policies, or guidelines applicable to the testing,
manufacture, labeling, packaging, handling, storage, and transport
of testing or pre-clinical pharmaceutical products, and/or any
foreign equivalents thereof and any updates thereto.
1.8
“cGMP” means
quality systems and current good manufacturing practices applicable
to the manufacture, labeling, packaging, handling, storage, and
transport of active pharmaceutical ingredient, bulk dosage forms
and packaged dosage forms, as set forth in the Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act (FDCA), including any regulations found in Title 21 of
the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (including Parts 11, 210 and
211), any update thereto and any other laws, regulations, policies,
or guidelines applicable to the manufacture, labeling, packaging,
handling, storage, and transport of pharmaceutical products, and/or
any foreign equivalents thereof and any updates thereto.
1.9
“Clinical Study(ies)” means a
human clinical study, or other test or study in humans, with
respect to a Drug Substance or a Drug 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.
1.10
“Clinical Supply” means cGMP
compliant Drug Product specifically produced and packaged for
Clinical Studies for indications that are the subject of Regulatory
Filings within the SPA Territory.
1.11
“Commercial” or
“Commercialize” means any and all activities
(whether before or after Regulatory Approval) directed to the
commercialization of the Drug Product, including pre-launch and
post-launch marketing, Promoting, distributing, offering to sell
and selling the Drug Product, and importing or exporting the Drug
Product for sale. When used as a verb,
“Commercializing” means to engage in Commercialization
and “Commercialized” has a corresponding
meaning.
1.12
“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.
1.13
“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,
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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.
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.
1.14
“Data Exclusivity” means any
data or market exclusivity granted to a Drug Substance or Drug
Product in the SPA Territory by any Regulatory Authority as of the
Effective Date or at any time during the Term.
1.15
“Drug Approval Application” means, on
a Drug Product-by-Drug Product basis in SPA Territory, an
application submitted to a Regulatory Authority for Regulatory
Approval for the Drug Product, and all supplements and amendments
that may be filed with respect to the foregoing.
1.16
“DMF/CMC Package” means a
collection of all necessary data and information relating to a Drug
Substance documenting Drug Substance’s and RTU’s
compliance with the Regulatory Authority standards in SPA Territory
(including but not limited to the US Food & Drug
Administration, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and US
Pharmacopoeia and corresponding regulations promulgated by
Applicable Law in other countries in SPA Territory).
1.17
“Drug Product” means a
final galenic formulation of UNOPROSTONE Drug Substance supported
as a cGMP formulation under an IND for the purposes of Clinical
Trials or under as an approved and support formulation under an
issued NDA in the SPA Territory for the purposes of commercial
manufacture and sale of such specific formulations of Drug
Substance as SPA may elect to register as a Drug Product in the SPA
Territory from time to time. Drug Product shall be complete PRIOR
to packaging for clinical use or commercial sale, as appropriate.
Drug Product shall also mean Commercial Product and/or Promotional
Sample, where applicable.
1.18
“Drug Substance” means bulk
NDA and cGMP compliant UNOPROSTONE active pharmaceutical
ingredient, prior to formulation as a final Drug Product. Drug
Substance shall also mean non-formulated Clinical Supply and/or
Commercial Product, where applicable.
1.19
“IND” means an
application filed with a Regulatory Authority for authorization to
commence human clinical trials of Unoprostone or prosecute a Drug
Approval Application for 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 (iii) all supplements and amendments that may
be filed with respect to the foregoing.
1.20
“Latent Defect” means Drug
Substance or Drug Product not conforming to RTU’s warranty
for pursuant to Section 9.7 such that the related
non-conformance of Drug Substance or Drug Product is not readily
discoverable based on SPA’s (or SPA designee’s) normal
incoming-goods inspections.
1.21 Need
to insert the definition of “Licensed Product” (from
the IP agreement)
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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.
1.22
“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 agents),
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 by 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.
1.23
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 .
1.24
“Order” means, with
respect to Clinical Supply, Drug Substance, Drug Product Commercial
Product, and/or Promotional Sample, a written communication from
SPA to RTU of SPA’s order for purchase of a specified amount
of need for Unoprostone or Licensed Product at a delivery date,
delivery price and delivery location set forth in such written
purchase order communication.
1.25
“Order Year” means each
twelve-month period commencing from the date of the first Order
placed by SPA for the Drug Product.
1.26
“Person” means any
individual, trust (or any of its beneficiaries), estate,
partnership, limited partnership, association, limited liability
company, corporation, any other enterprise engaged in the conduct
of business or operating as a non-profit entity, however formed or
wherever organized, or any governmental body, agency or unit or
formal non-governmental organization.
1.27
“Product Valid Claims” means,
with respect to the Drug Substance or Drug 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;
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Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of
The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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.
1.28
“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.
1.29
“Promotional Sample” means Drug
Product specifically produced and packaged to Promote the Drug
Product for indications with Regulatory Approval within the SPA
Territory.
1.30
“Product Defect” means Drug
Substance or Drug Product not conforming to RTU’s warranty
for pursuant to Section 9.7 such that the related
non-conformance of Drug Substance or Drug Product may be readily
discovered based on SPA’s (or SPA designee’s) normal
incoming-goods inspections procedures.
1.31
“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 (as
defined in the Unoprostone Licensing Agreement), manufacture,
Commercialize (as defined in the Unoprostone Licensing Agreement),
promote, distribute, transport, store, use, sell or market the Drug
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.
1.32
“Regulatory Authority” means any
national, supra-national, regional, federal, state, provincial or
local regulatory agency, department, bureau, commission, council or
other governmental entity regulating or otherwise exercising
authority over the distribution, importation, exportation,
manufacture, use, storage, transport, clinical testing,
Commercialization, or sale of the Drug Substance, unpackaged Drug
Product and/or Drug Product in final NDA approved labeling and
packaging.
1.33
“Regulatory Data and Information”
consists of
data and information relating to a Drug 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
marketing approval for pharmaceutical and medicinal products; and
(iv) consultation with respect to any or several of the above
activities.
1.34
“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
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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.
counterparts
of any of the foregoing in SPA Territory) as may be required by any
Regulatory Authority for the development, manufacture or
commercialization of the Drug Substance or the Drug Product; and
(b) all supplements and amendments to any of the
foregoing.
1.35
“Specifications” mean the
manufacturing, formulation, quality control, packaging, labeling,
shipping and storage specifications as separately set out for Drug
Substance or Drug Product in Exhibit B and as updated from
time to time on mutual agreement in writing by the Parties as
reflected in the relevant formulae edition and Regulatory
Approvals.
1.36
“SPA Territory” means the
United States of America and Canada, and their territories and
possessions.
1.37
“Term” means the
definition provided in Section 11.1.
1.38
“Third Party” means any
Person other than RTU and SPA and their respective
Affiliates.
1.39
“UNOPROSTONE” (also
known by the USAN name of Unoprostone isopropyl) is the composition
of matter defined chemically as [*] as described in more detail 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.
Article 2.
General Terms of Manufacturing and Supply
2.1
Supply. Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (i) SPA shall
exclusively engage RTU to manufacture (or have manufactured), in
compliance with the Specifications, cGMP standards and the NDA,
test and deliver the Drug Substance and/or Drug Product for SPA
and/or its Affiliates, sublicensees or distributors for the SPA
Territory, in the specific formulations, quantities and at times as
provided herein, and (ii) RTU shall exclusively provide the
same in the SPA Territory to SPA in accordance with orders issued
by SPA and received by RTU. All such Drug Substance and Drug
Products manufactured and supplied by RTU shall:
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marked by brackets, is filed
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The Securities Exchange
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General. RTU, at its sole liability and cost,
will provide all labor, utilities, equipment, personnel,
facilities, raw materials, utilities, consumables, disposables and
components necessary for manufacturing, development and
implementation of all appropriate quality control measures,
shipping, and storage of the Drug Substance and the Drug Product in
compliance with the Specifications and the warranties contained in
Article 9 and the Regulatory and Legal requirements of
Article 7. RTU shall also be responsible for all process
development and scale up. SPA, at its sole expense, will provide
all resources necessary to ship, store, and otherwise handle the
Drug Substance and Drug Product in a manner necessary to meet
applicable Regulatory and Legal requirements, after delivery of the
Drug Substance and Drug Product to SPA as described in
Article 2.8.
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Materials. At
RTU’s own expense, RTU shall purchase all Additional
Materials (as referred to in the relevant Regulatory Approvals)
which are needed for the manufacture of Drug Substance and/or Drug
Products as per the current regulatory files, under its own
liability and costs, from suppliers approved by SPA. If RTU wishes
to change suppliers, this must be approved in advance in writing by
SPA, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. RTU is
responsible for the testing and approval of the Additional
Materials.
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Formulations. The Parties acknowledge that SPA may
from time to time elect to register Unoprotone for additional
indications in the SPA Territory that may require development of a
novel formulation as a new form of Drug Product form pursuant to
pre-clinical testing, novel CMC manufacturing and formulation
process development, new product specifications, IND enabled
clinical testing and NDA approval and labeling. In the course of
the selection, research and development of new Drug Product
formulations, the parties will collaborate on the development of
costs, processes, specifications and facilities that will optimize
the safety, efficacy, cost and utility of any anticipated novel
formulation. The parties shall also agree upon a process and cost
improvements to that process consistent with compliance obligations
with Applicable Laws that enable the most inexpensive, flexible,
simplest, shortest and most reliable production process
practicable. In the course of such efforts, the Parties shall
reasonably agree upon the cost estimates for the production of such
novel Drug Product dosage forms. Such novel Drug Product
formulation shall become a new supply obligation between the
Parties with such costs, timing and compliance obligations as will
fairly compensate both of the Parties for their respective rights,
contributions and efforts and optimize the launch and promotion of
the novel Drug Product.
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For the Term, at its own
expense, RTU shall maintain sufficient inventories of Additional
Materials required to manufacture the Drug Substance and such
different Drug Product(s) as SPA may register and order from RTU in
order to ensure timely
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marked by brackets, is filed
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The Securities Exchange
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delivery of such amounts of a
particular Drug Product in accordance with any issued order or
reasonably anticipated order.
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2.3
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Quality Assurance.
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2.3.1
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General. RTU, at its sole expense, will
perform all testing for compliance with the Specifications and the
applicable cGMPs and will supply a chemical Certificate of Analysis
prepared in accordance with cGLP with each batch of Drug Substance
and Drug Product and any other documentation required by Applicable
Law. Complete copies of all test results and/or assays will be
submitted to SPA promptly following any reasonable request
therefore during the Term of this Agreement. Should SPA further
require a separate Quality Assurance Agreement at any time during
the Term of this Agreement, and give reasonable written notice of
such requirement to RTU, the Parties will negotiate such agreement
in good time and in good faith.
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2.3.2
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Non-Conforming Product
. SPA will have a period
of ten (10) Business Days from the date of its receipt of a
shipment of Drug Substance and Drug Product to inspect and reject
such shipment for non-conformance with the obligations under this
Section 2.3.2 and the warranties of RTU pursuant to
Section 9.7 including the Specifications based on SPA’s
(or SPA designee’s) normal incoming-goods inspections
procedures, by providing RTU with written notice of rejection for
any Product Defect within such period of ten (10) Business
Days together with samples of the non-conforming or Drug Substance
and Drug Products in the relevant shipment for testing. In the case
of Product with Latent Defects, SPA will promptly, and in no event
more than ten (10) Business Days of SPA knowing of any such
Latent Defect, notify RTU of such Latent Defect; provided however,
that any Latent Defect must be notified no later than one (1) month
following the expiry date of the applicable Drug Substance and Drug
Product, together with samples of the non-conforming Drug Substance
and Drug Products in the relevant shipment for testing. If RTU
determines that such shipment did conform to the warranties of RTU
for product pursuant to Section 9.7, the Parties will submit
samples of such shipment to a mutually acceptable independent
laboratory for testing. If such independent laboratory determines
that the shipment conformed to the warranties of RTU for Drug
Substance and Drug Product pursuant to Section 9.7 including
the Specifications and was not affected by a Product or Latent
Defect, SPA will bear all expenses of shipping and testing by such
independent laboratory of such shipment samples. If RTU or such
independent laboratory confirms that such shipment did not meet the
warranties of RTU for product pursuant to Section 9.7
including the Specifications, RTU will, as soon as practicable,
give SPA a credit for any amount paid with respect to that portion
of the Drug Substance or Drug Product which does not conform and
will bear all of SPA’s expenses of returning such Drug
Substance or Drug Product to RTU or its nominee. RTU or SPA, as
directed by RTU, will dispose of any non-conforming portion of any
shipment, at RTU’s expense. The costs of the activities of
any such independent laboratory will be borne by the Party in
error.
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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.
2.4
Clinical Order; Supply. During the
Term of this Agreement, RTU shall have the exclusive right to
manufacture and supply Clinical Supply upon Order for SPA for
clinical development purposes. During the Term of this Agreement,
RTU and SPA shall from time to time confer and agree on SPA’s
drug supply needs for SPA’s ongoing clinical development
program and the projected costs of such supply. SPA shall inform
RTU of its final requirements in advance of needing clinical supply
in such timing as RTU shall reasonably need to duly perform its
obligations hereunder, which shall constitute SPA’s Order to
RTU and which, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, RTU agrees to supply. The minimum of Clinical Product
units per Order is [*] bottles.
2.5
Promotional Sample Supply. In the
year prior to SPA’s first commercial sale of Commercial
Product, RTU shall provide [*] Promotional Samples at no cost to
SPA. Thereafter, SPA shall be entitled to purchase a commercially
reasonable number of units of Promotional Samples at US$[*] per
unit being a sample including 5 mL of 0.15% formulation of the Drug
Product (payable in Japanese Yen, converted at the spot rate at the
close of Business Day in which Order invoice is paid), provided
that (excepting the first re-launch year) the total number of
Promotional Samples purchased does not exceed [*] percent [*] of
the Commercial Product.
2.6
Commercial Supply; Exclusivity; Forecasting; Order.
During the
Term of this Agreement, RTU shall have the exclusive right to
manufacture and supply Commercial Product upon Order for SPA for
commercial purposes subject to appropriate Regulatory Approval in
any country of the SPA Territory in respect of the Commercial
Product. SPA shall provide to RTU in writing a twenty-four
(24) month forecast of its requirements for Commercial Product
which forecast will be updated quarterly and the first 90 days
shall constitute SPA’s supply Order to RTU, which, subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, RTU agrees to supply.
The minimum number of Commercial Product units per Order is [*]
bottles.
2.7
Placement and Acceptance of an Order.
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Placement. All purchases of Drug Product shall
be pursuant to Order(s) placed by SPA and/or its Affiliates,
sublicensees or distributors at least ninety (90) days prior
to the date of which Drug Products shall be delivered to SPA or the
applicable Affiliate, sublicensee or distributor. Each Order
hereunder shall specify the desired quantities and formulation of
each of the Drug Product ordered, and the delivery dates
therefore.
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2.7.2
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Acceptance. RTU shall have ten
(10) Business Days from receipt of an Order from SPA to reject
or propose to modify an Order. If an Order is not rejected or
modified it shall be deemed accepted and RTU shall, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, be obligated to supply such
order in accordance with its terms.
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2.8
Delivery and Acceptance; Risk of Loss. Any and
all Clinical Supply, Commercial Product, or Promotional Sample
supplied hereunder to SPA shall be shipped from RTU’s
manufacturing facility in Sanda (Hyogo, Japan) or its contract
manufacturer and delivered to a common carrier to be
transported
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The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
for
importation into the SPA Territory. The identity of the common
carrier and the port of entry shall be mutually determined by the
Parties in writing. Title and risk of loss shall pass to SPA at the
time the goods are delivered to SPA or its designee, and SPA shall
assume all responsibility for and costs associated with the goods
upon such acceptance.
2.9
Inventory. RTU agrees
to at all times maintain commercially reasonable inventory levels
of Additional Materials required to manufacture the Drug Substance
and Drug Products commensurate with orders received or reasonably
anticipated.
2.10.
Non-Exclusivity. Nothing in
this Agreement shall prohibit RTU, either clinically or
commercially, from manufacturing or supplying, either on its behalf
or for any Third Party, drug products containing the Drug
Substance, or drug products containing different active ingredients
which require the same reagents as the production of UNOPROSTONE,
outside of SPA Territory, provide, however, that RTU shall be
prohibited from supplying the Drug Substance or the Drug Products
in the SPA Territory or to those doing business either in the SPA
Territory or outside the SPA Territory resulting in inducing or
facilitating sale in the SPA Territory of the Drug Substance or the
Drug Products to or by any party other than SPA.
2.11.
Performance Issue; Safety Reporting. If either
party becomes aware of any issue that may materially impact
RTU’s ability to fulfill its obligations under this
Agreement, it shall immediately notify the other party and both
parties shall confer in good faith in order to address such issue.
The parties shall be responsible for filing annual safety reports
with the Regulatory Authority in accordance with a separate safety
data exchange protocol to be mutually agreed by SPA and
RTU.
2.12.
Product Liability. Liability
for defects to Drug Product determined to have been caused by or
during the production process and the damage to Drug Product or
packaging caused prior to acceptance of Drug Product by SPA will be
assumed by RTU. All liability for non-defective Drug Product or
damage to Drug Product after acceptance of Drug Product by SPA will
be assumed by SPA.
Article 3.
Additional Services
3.1
Laboratory and Regulatory Consulting Services.
Laboratory
services, including without limitation formulation services
regarding Drug Substance and Drug Product, and regulatory
consulting provided by RTU to SPA shall be transacted under a
separate Laboratory and Consulting Services Agreement.
Article 4.
Pricing and Payment
4.1
Clinical Supply Price. Clinical
Supply shall be supplied pursuant to an Order issued in accordance
with Section 2.4 ( Clinical Order; Supply) at the cost
of US$ [*] per bottle (payable in Japanese Yen, converted at the
spot rate at the close of Business Day in which Order invoice is
paid). The bottle will be supplied in bulk packaged condition from
R-Tech, and SPA assures clinical labeling and kitting.
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The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
4.2
Promotional Sample Price. Promotional
Samples shall be supplied and priced pursuant to an Order issued in
accordance with Section 2.5 ( Promotional Sample
Supply).
4.3
Commercial Product Price; Cost of Goods; Royalty; Annual
Maintenance.
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Commercial Product shall be supplied
pursuant to an Order issued in accordance with Section 2.6 (
Commercial Supply; Exclusivity; Forecasting; Order) , and
shall be priced per Order Year as follows:
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For
Glaucoma and/or Ocular Hypertension Use:
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For bottles [*]
ordered by SPA in an
Order Year
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US$[*] per
bottle of 5 mL of 0.15% formulation of Drug Product (payable in
Japanese Yen, converted at the spot rate at the close of Business
Day in which Order invoice is paid)
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For bottles [*]
ordered by SPA in an
Order Year
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US$[*] per
bottle of 5 mL of 0.15% formulation of Drug Product (payable in
Japanese Yen, converted at the spot rate at the close of Business
Day in which Order invoice is paid)
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For bottles [*]
and over ordered by SPA in an Order Year
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US$[*] per
bottle of 5 mL of 0.15% formulation of Drug Product (payable in
Japanese Yen, converted at the spot rate at the close of Business
Day in which Order invoice is paid)
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Indication Use:
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For bottles [*]
ordered by SPA in an
Order Year
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US$[*] per
bottle of 5 mL of 0.15% formulation of Drug Product (payable in
Japanese Yen, converted at the spot rate at the close of Business
Day in which Order invoice is paid)
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For bottles [*]
and over ordered by SPA in an Order Year
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US$[*] per
bottle of 5 mL of 0.15% formulation of Drug Product (payable in
Japanese Yen, converted at the spot rate at the close of Business
Day in which Order invoice is paid)
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Payment issued under this
Section 4.3.1 shall be considered payment-in-full of all
cost-of-goods plus royalties.
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4.3.2
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SPA
shall pay to RTU an Annual Maintenance service fee based on Drug
Product Specifications and Commercial Product Orders as
follows:
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The Securities Exchange
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For bottles [*]
ordered by SPA in an
Order Year
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US$[*] (payable
in Japanese Yen, converted at the spot rate at the close of
Business Day in which Order invoice is paid)
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For bottles [*]
ordered by SPA in an
Order Year
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US$[*] (payable
in Japanese Yen, converted at the spot rate at the close of
Business Day in which Order invoice is paid)
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For bottles [*]
and over ordered by SPA in an Order Year
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US$[*] (payable
in Japanese Yen, converted at the spot rate at the close of
Business Day in which Order invoice is paid)
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4.3.3
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Notwithstanding the prices in
Section 2.5 and herein Section 4.3, in the event of
significant economic changes, including those with regards to the
price of Rescula ® , the Parties shall meet and discuss
in good faith modifications to the pricing detailed herein in
accordance with Section 13.1 below.
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4.4
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 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.
4.5 Terms
of Payment. 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 payment becomes payable. Unless specified otherwise
herein, RTU will invoice SPA for Clinical Supply, Commercial
Product and/or Promotional Sample upon RTU’s delivery thereof
to SPA’s carrier and payments shall be due within thirty
(30) days from the date of receipt of invoice. All payments
under this Agreement shall be by appropriate electronic funds
transfer in immediately available funds to such bank account as RTU
shall designate. Each payment shall reference this Agreement and
identify the obligation under this Agreement that the payment
satisfies. If at any time legal restrictions prevent the remittance
of part or all of payments owed by a Party hereunder, the Parties
shall promptly negotiate in good faith the terms for repayment
under lawful means or methods.
4.6 No
Other Compensation. Unless
otherwise agreed to by the Parties and set forth in writing, RTU
and SPA hereby agree that the terms of this Agreement and all
ancillary agreements hereto (including, without limitation, the
Unoprostone License Agreement attached hereto) shall fully define
all consideration, compensation and benefits, monetary or
otherwise, to be paid, granted or delivered by
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Act of 1934, as amended.
each Party
to the other in connection with the transactions contemplated
herein. Neither Party has previously paid or entered into any other
commitment to pay, whether orally or in writing, any employee of
the other Party, directly or indirectly, any consideration,
compensation or benefits, monetary or otherwise, in connection with
the transactions contemplated herein.
4.7
Shipping Terms. All
payments under this Agreement are inclusive of all cost, insurance
and freight (CIF by Airfreight) necessary for delivery to SPA as
described in Section 2.8, except that title and risk of loss
shall pass to SPA upon delivery to SPA or its designee not upon
delivery of shipping documents.
Article 5.
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure
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Nondisclosure
Obligations. Except to the extent expressly
permitted by this Agreement, at all times during the Term and for a
period of ten (10) years following the expiration or
termination hereof, the Receiving Party shall keep confidential and
shall not publish or otherwise disclose or use for any purpose
other than the purpose of this Agreement, any Confidential
Information of the Disclosing Party. The Receiving Party shall
treat and protect the trade secret status of Confidential
Information as it would its own proprietary information which in no
event shall be with less than a reasonable standard of care, and
take reasonable precautions to prevent the publication or
unauthorized use or unauthorized disclosure of Confidential
Information to a Third Party, except as explicitly set forth
herein, without prior, explicit, written consent of the other
Party.
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5.1.2
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Exceptions to
Confidentiality. The Receiving Party’s
obligations set forth in this Agreement shall not extend to any l
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