Exhibit 10.6

 

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED:

 

Portions of this Exhibit have been redacted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Such redacted portions
have been replaced with “{***}” in this Exhibit.  An unredacted version of this
document has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission
along with the request for confidential treatment.

 

THIRD AMENDMENT
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the
“Third Amendment”) is made effective as of this 18th day of December, 2006, by
and between Biovail Laboratories International SRL, a Barbados International
Society with Restricted Liability and having a principal place of business at
Chelston Park, Building 2, Collymore Rock, St. Michael, BH1, Barbados, W.I.
(“Biovail”), and SmithKline Beecham Corporation, a GlaxoSmithKline company, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the applicable laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and having a principal place of business at One
Franklin Plaza, Philadelphia, PA 19101 (“GSK”). Biovail and GSK are collectively
referred to in this Third Amendment as the “Parties” and individually as a
“Party.”

 

WHEREAS, Biovail and GSK are parties to an Amended and Restated Distribution
Rights Agreement, effective as of October 26, 2001, as amended by the First
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Distribution Rights Agreement effective as
of May 1, 2005 and the Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Distribution
Rights Agreement effective as of October 12, 2005 (the “Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.01(c) Biovail has contracted with its Affiliate,
Biovail Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (“BPI”) to be responsible for promotion,
marketing and selling of the Products in the Territory; and

 

WHEREAS, the pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Agreement, neither Biovail nor BPI
may, without GSK’s prior written consent, grant to any Third Party any rights to
market, promote, advertise, or distribute the Product; and

 

WHEREAS, BPI desires to retain to Sciele Pharma, Inc., a corporation duly
organized and existing under the applicable laws of the State of Delaware and
having a principal place of business at Suite 1800, Five Concourse Parkway,
Atlanta, Georgia 30328 and its wholly owned subsidiaries listed on Schedule “A”
attached hereto (collectively, “Sciele”), to provide to co-promotion and other
services in respect of the Products as set forth in this Third Amendment; and

 

WHEREAS, Biovail and GSK mutually desire to amend the terms of the Agreement
relating to Biovail’s engagement of Sciele as provided in this Third Amendment.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are mutually acknowledged, GSK and Biovail agree as
follows:

 

1.             Section 2.04 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety
and replaced with the following:

 

“2.04      Approval of Sciele.

 

(a)           Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.03 and subject to the
terms and conditions of this Section 2.04, GSK hereby consents to the engagement
by BPI of Sciele to perform certain promotional activities with respect to the
Products.

 

(b)           The consent granted by GSK to BPI as provided in
Section 2.04(a) above is limited to Sciele only and only for the co-promotion
activities set forth in Section 2.04(c). For clarity, the consent granted by GSK
as provided herein will not apply to any successor (whether by merger,
consolidation, reorganization or other similar event) of Sciele’s business or to
a purchaser of all or substantially all of Sciele’s business assets (a “Change
of Control”) unless such successor has been approved by GSK. Further, the
consent granted by GSK to Biovail as provided in Section 2.04(a) will become
effective on January 1, 2007, and will extend until the earlier of (i) the
expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement, (ii) the expiration or
earlier termination of the Sciele Promotional Services Agreement, or (iii) the
effective date of a Change of Control if GSK has not approved such Change of
Control (the “Sciele Term”).

 

(c)           Biovail acknowledges and agrees that BPI will enter into a written
agreement with Sciele to engage Sciele to perform promotional services with
respect to the Products (the “Sciele Promotional Services Agreement”). The term
of the Sciele Promotional Services Agreement will not extend beyond the Term of
this Agreement. Further, the Sciele Promotional Services Agreement will
immediately terminate upon the expiration or earlier termination of this
Agreement. The Sciele Promotional Services Agreement will provide that Sciele’s
activities will consist of marketing, promoting, advertising and detailing
Products in the Territory as directed by BPI. Further, BPI and Sciele will
jointly develop and approve marketing plans and pricing for Products in the
Territory. Biovail represents and warrants that (i) the Sciele Promotional
Services Agreement will obligate Sciele to comply with those obligations of
Biovail under this Agreement (including without limitation, Biovail’s
obligations under Article 3, Biovail’s obligation to comply with the
Pre-Clearance Process, which was initiated by GSK in a letter to Biovail dated
October 26, 2006 and further clarified by GSK in a letter to Robert W. Ashworth,
Ph.D. dated November 27, 2006, and Biovail’s confidentiality obligations)
related to the provision of advertising, marketing and promotional services and
detailing the Products in the Territory in the performance of Sciele’s
obligations under the Sciele Promotional Services Agreement, (provided that
Biovail shall continue to file any required Form 2253 filings with DDMAC in
respect of promotional materials for the Products); and (ii) the terms and
conditions of the Sciele Promotional Services Agreement will be in compliance
with Applicable Law and will be consistent with, and no less restrictive than,
the terms and conditions of this Agreement. In accordance with

 

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the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement, GSK hereby consents to Biovail
providing Sciele with a copy of the Agreement, subject to Sciele’s commitment to
maintain such confidentiality in accordance with Article 11 of this Agreement.

 

(d)           Biovail represents and warrants that Sciele is not an Ineligible
Person. Biovail agrees that the Sciele Promotional Services Agreement will
immediately terminate in the event that Sciele should become an Ineligible
Person at any time during the Sciele Term. Biovail represents and warrants that
the Sciele Promotional Services Agreement will obligate Sciele not to hire or
otherwise engage any Ineligible Person to co-promote the Product and/or
distribute the Sample Product as provided in the Sciele Promotional Services
Agreement. For the purposes of this Section 2.04(d), the term “Ineligible
Person” means any Person who is currently excluded, debarred, suspended or
otherwise ineligible to participate in the Federal health care programs or in
Federal procurement or nonprocurement programs, or has been convicted of a
criminal offense that falls within the ambit of 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(a), but has
not yet been excluded, debarred, suspended or otherwise declared ineligible.

 

(e)           Biovail acknowledges and agrees that despite GSK’s consent granted
in Section 2.04 above to BPI’s engagement of Sciele as provided herein, Biovail
remains obligated to perform all terms, obligations, covenants and agreements
ascribed to it in this Agreement.

 

(f)            Biovail acknowledges and agrees that for the purposes of this
Agreement, Sciele will be deemed to be an agent of BPI and will also be regarded
as a CSO. Biovail acknowledges and agrees that its indemnification obligations
provided in Section 9.02 of this Agreement will also include any GSK Claim that
arises out of, or is the result of any act or omission by Sciele (as a CSO).

 

(g)           Biovail will indemnify and hold harmless each GSK Party (as
defined in Section 9.02) from and against any and all losses, liabilities,
damages (exclusive of consequential or special losses or damages), fees
(including, attorneys fees and costs of litigation), and expenses paid or
payable by a GSK Party that result from or arise in connection with a claim,
suit or other proceeding made or brought against a GSK Party (i) based on,
resulting from, or arising in connection with any act or omission of any party
under the Sciele Promotional Services Agreement; and/or (ii) arising by or on
behalf of Sciele and/or any of Sciele’s affiliates, employees, agents, officers,
and directors.”

 

2.             Section 3.14 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety
and replaced with the following:

 

“3.14      Promotional Spend Requirement. In each Calendar Year during the Term
of this Agreement, Biovail shall, commit, allocate and spend, at a minimum funds
in the amounts set forth below for Promotional Support of the Products as
specified below (each a “Promotional Spend Requirement”, collectively the
“Promotional Spend Requirements”):

 

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(i)            Calendar Years {***}† — {***}† of Gross Sales of each Product
during the immediately preceding Calendar Year;

 

(ii)           Calendar Years {***}† — {***}† of Gross Sales of each Product
during the immediately preceding Calendar Year;

 

(iii)          Calendar Years {***}†— {***}† of Gross Sales of each Product
during the immediately preceding Calendar Year; and

 

(iv)          Calendar Years {***}†— {***}† of Gross Sales of Zovirax® Cream
during the immediately preceding Calendar Year.

 

For clarity, and without limiting the foregoing, Biovail shall have no
obligation to commit promotional spending in respect of the Zovirax® Ointment
Product after the end of {***}†, and the Promotional Spend Requirement set forth
in item (iv) above shall be in respect of the Zovirax® Cream only.

 

In the event of Generic Entry with respect to a Product, the Promotional Spend
Requirement for that Product for the period of {***}† calendar months following
the date of Generic Entry shall be {***}† of the then applicable percentage
rates set forth immediately above, and upon expiration of said {***}† month
period, shall thereafter be zero.

 

In each Calendar Year, Biovail shall allocate not less than {***}† of the
applicable Promotional Spend Requirement to personal field selling activities
for the relevant Products in the Territory.

 

3.             Section 5.06(a)(iii) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(iii) Calendar Years 2010-2021— For each of the Calendar Years 2010 through
2021, the purchase price to be paid by Biovail for Zovirax® Ointment shall be
{***}† of the Net Wholesale Price charged for the Product by Biovail as of the
issue date of GSK’s invoice to Biovail therefor.”

 

4.             Section 5.06(b)(iii) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(iii) Calendar Years 2010-2021— For each of the Calendar Years 2010 through
2021, the purchase price to be paid by Biovail for Zovirax® Cream shall be
{***}† of the Net Wholesale Price charged by Biovail for the Product as of the
issue date of GSK’s invoice to Biovail for the Product.”

 

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† Represents material which has been redacted and filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

 

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5.             All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Third
Amendment will have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

 

6.             Except as otherwise amended by the terms of this Third Amendment,
the provisions of the Agreement are unchanged, remain in full force and effect
and are hereby ratified and confirmed except that each reference to the
“Agreement” or words of like import in the Agreement will mean and be a
reference to the Agreement as amended by this Third Amendment.

 

7.             This Third Amendment will be construed, and the respective rights
of the Parties determined, according to the substantive law of the State of New
York notwithstanding the provisions governing conflict of laws under such New
York law to the contrary.

 

8.             This Third Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original but all of which together
will constitute one and the same document.

 

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Schedule “A”

 

Sciele Pharma Sales, Inc.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Third Amendment to the
Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement the day and year first above
written.

 

 

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION
D/B/A GLAXOSMITHKLINE

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Donald F. Parman

 

Name: Donald F. Parman

 

Title: Vice President and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

BIOVAIL LABORATORIES:
INTERNATIONAL SRL

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michel Chouinard

 

Name: Michel Chouinard

 

Title: Chief Operating Officer

 

 

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