definiens: shall mean, as applied to a Party, any corporation or other business entity, which control s, is controlled by or is under common control with such Party . For the purposes of this definition, the ter m shall mean direct or indirect ownership of fifty pe rcent ( 50 % ) or more of the securities or other owne rship interests representing the equity, voting stock, ge neral partnership or membership interest of such en tity, or the power to direct or cause the direction of the manag ement and policies of an entity ( other than a natur al person ), whether through the majority ownership of voting ca pital stock, by contract or otherwise 1.2 the part of a day from 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday, except for French or US state holidays 1.3 shall mean any investigation in h uman subjects intended to discover or verify the clinical, pharmacokinetic ( study of the processes o f bodily absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of compounds and medicines ), and/or other pharmacodyna mic ( study of interactions between drugs and living structures ) effects of ( an ) investigational drug(s ), and/or to identify any adverse reactions to ( an ) investigational drug(s ), with the object of ascertaining its(their ) safety and/or efficacy