EXHIBIT 10.7

EMPLOYEE CONFIDENTIALITY, TRADE SECRETS
AND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT

         

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Employee   Employee No.   Hire Date

Recitals

A.   BioReliance Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ( collectively,
the “Corporation”) is involved in a broad range of biological research, testing
and manufacturing services.   B.   The Employee recognizes that the
Corporation’s success in a highly competitive marketplace depends upon
maintaining the confidentiality of its proprietary information, trade secrets,
and client and prospective client information. The Employee also recognizes
that, while employed by the Corporation, he/she will have access to and might
become familiar with various proprietary and confidential information and trade
secrets relating to, owned by and regularly used in the operation of the
Corporation and its affiliated entities including, but not limited to,
processes, formulas, designs, customer lists, business contacts, methods of
operation, results of analysis, business, marketing and pricing plans and
strategies, financial data, costs, revenues and similar information
(“Confidential Information”). The Employee acknowledges that his/her employment
with the Corporation will, of necessity, provide him/her with specialized
knowledge and familiarity with such Confidential Information which, if used in
competition with the Corporation or any of its affiliated entities could cause
serious harm to the Corporation.

Agreements

IN CONSIDERATION OF the Corporation’s agreement to employ the Employee, and the
Employee’s agreement to accept employment with the Corporation, the parties
acknowledge the receipt of sufficient consideration and agree as follows:

Section 1. Exclusive Services

  While employed by the Corporation, the Employee shall devote his or her
complete business time, attention, energies, efforts and skills to the
Corporation’s business; shall not engage, directly or indirectly, in any other
business activity without the express written consent of the Corporation’s Chief
Executive Officer and shall not, directly or indirectly (either as an employee,
employer, consultant, agent or in any other capacity), engage or participate in
any business that is in any manner whatsoever in, or the Employee knows to be
contemplating entering into, competition with business of the Corporation or any
of its affiliated entities.

 

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     Section 2. Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information; Corporation
Documents

  (a)   Non-Disclosure. The Employee shall maintain the confidentiality of all
Confidential Information and shall not disclose, either directly or indirectly,
Confidential Information to any person, firm or business, or use Confidential
Information, except as required in the course of employment with the Corporation
or as authorized in writing by the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, during
the term of such employment or at any time thereafter. Similarly, the Employee
shall maintain the confidentiality of all Confidential Information of any third
party with whom the Corporation has a business relationship, provided that such
Confidential Information is disclosed to the Employee in the course of the
Employee’s employment with the Corporation.     (b)   Exception to
Non-Disclosure. This section shall not apply to, and the Employee may use or
discuss freely, any Confidential Information which is now, or subsequently
becomes, in the public domain, provided the employee’s actions did not cause
such information to enter into the public domain.     (c)   Corporation
Property. All files, records, documents, drawings, equipment and other similar
items relating in any manner to the Corporation’s business, whether prepared by
the Employee or otherwise coming into his or her possession (collectively,
“Documents”), shall remain the exclusive property of the Corporation and shall
not be removed without the prior written consent of the Corporation’s Chief
Executive Officer, and upon termination of employment, the Employee shall
immediately return any and all Documents, or reproductions of such Documents, to
the Corporation.

Section 3. Rights to Intellectual Property

  (a)   Ownership. Any and all inventions, processes, discoveries, know-how,
improvements, patent rights, letters patent, programs, copyrights, trademarks,
trade names, service marks and applications thereof, in the United States and
all other countries, and any and all rights and interest in, to and under the
same, made, invented, acquired or possessed by the Employee, resulting or
arising out of, directly or indirectly, the services performed by the Employee
for the Corporation (the “Intellectual Property”), shall be promptly disclosed
to the Corporation and shall be the exclusive property of the Corporation.

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  (b)   Assignment of Intellectual Property. The Employee shall, without
additional compensation (unless authorized by the Corporation), execute all
documents, and perform any and all other acts necessary or desired by the
Corporation, to fully and completely vest and confirm in the Corporation all
rights contemplated by Section 3(a) of this Agreement. The failure of the
Corporation to execute the documents or perform the acts required to vest in the
Corporation all rights contemplated by Section 3(a) shall not constitute a
waiver of the Corporation of any rights available under this agreement.     (c)
  Employee’s Unpatented Inventions. Within seven (7) days of the Hiring Date
referred to above, the Employee shall provide the Corporation with a list
describing all unpatented inventions made or conceived by the Employee prior to
the date of this agreement. The Corporation shall attach this list to, and
maintain a copy of the list with, this Agreement. Any inventions described on
the list shall be excluded from the requirement of this Section 3 and shall
remain the exclusive property of the Employee.

Section 4. Noncompetition

  (a)   Non-Compete. While employed by the Corporation, and for a period of one
year after the termination or expiration thereof, the Employee will not directly
or indirectly:

      (i)   as an individual proprietor, partner, stockholder, officer,
employee, director, joint venturer, investor, lender, or in any other capacity
whatsoever (other than as the holder of not more than one percent (1%) of the
total outstanding stock of a publicly held Corporation), engage in the business
of developing, producing, marketing or selling services or products of the kind
or type developed or being developed, produced, marketed or sold by the
Corporation while the Employee was employed by the Corporation; or       (ii)  
recruit, solicit or induce, or attempt to induce, any employee or employees of
the Corporation to terminate their employment with, or otherwise cease their
relationship with, the Corporation; or       (iii)   solicit, divert or take
away, or attempt to divert or to take away, the business or patronage of any of
the clients, customers or accounts, or prospective clients, customers or
accounts, of the Corporation which were contacted, solicited or served by the
Employee while employed by the Corporation

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  (b)   Enforceability. If any restriction set forth in this Section 4 is found
by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it extends
for too long a period of time or over too great a range of activities or in too
broad a geographic area, it shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum
period of time, range of activities or geographic area as to which it may be
enforceable.     (c)   Reasonable Restrictions. The restrictions contained in
this Section 4 are necessary for the protection of the business and goodwill of
the Corporation and are considered by the employee to be reasonable for such
purpose and are not an unreasonable restriction on the Employee’s livelihood.
The employee agrees that any breach of this Section 4 will cause the Corporation
substantial and irreparable damage and therefore, in the event of any such
breach, in addition to such other remedies which may be available, the
Corporation shall have the right to seek specific performance and injunctive
relief.

Section 5. Other Obligations

  Except as otherwise disclosed to the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer in
writing prior to the execution of this Agreement, the execution and performance
of this Agreement by the Employee, and the performance by the Employee of his or
her employment responsibilities with the Corporation, will not conflict with or
result in a breach of or a default under any terms, condition, or provisions of
any contract or agreement, including, but not limited to, any employment,
confidentiality or non-competition agreements, to which the Employee is a party.

Section 6. Remedies

  In the event of a breach or a threatened breach of this Agreement by the
Employee, or, in the event the Employee’s employment with the Corporation
breaches any other contract to which the Employee is a party, the Corporation
shall be entitled to all remedies available at law and equity, including
recovery from the Employee of all damages, costs and expenses incurred by the
Corporation in protecting or enforcing its rights hereunder, including
reasonable attorney’s fees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver
of the Corporation of any rights available under any law, including Maryland
Uniform Trade Secrets Act.

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Section 7. Miscellaneous

  (a)   Governing Law. This Agreement shall be constructed in accordance with,
and shall be governed by, the laws of the State of Maryland.     (b)  
Separability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this
Agreement shall not impair the validity or enforceability of any other
provision.     (c)   Entire Agreement. This Agreement embodies the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
contained herein. This Agreement supersedes any and all prior agreements and
understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.     (d)
  Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of ______, 2000.

            BioReliance Corporation       By:        

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    Employee Signature            

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    Employee Printed Name

9/25/00

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