Exhibit 10.1



PROMISSORY NOTE



September 17,
2003

(Date)



FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Neose Technologies, Inc. a corporation located at the address
stated below (Maker) promises, jointly and severally if more than one, to pay to the order of General Electric Capital Corporation or any subsequent holder hereof (each, a Payee) at its office located at
401 Merritt 7 Suite 23, Norwalk, CT 06851-1177 or at such other place as Payee or the holder hereof may designate, the principal sum of Eight Hundred Thirty-One Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Eight and 82/100 Dollars ($831,158.82), with
interest on the unpaid principal balance, from the date hereof through and including the dates of payment, at a fixed interest rate of Eight and Twenty-Nine percent (8.35%) per annum, to be paid in lawful money of the United States, in Forty -Eight
(48) consecutive monthly installments of principal and interest as follows:



|Periodic Installment |  | Amount
|-------------------- |  | ------
|Thirty-Six (36)      |  | $     
|Eleven (11)          |  | $     



each (Periodic
Installment) and a final installment which shall be in the amount of the total outstanding principal and interest. The first Periodic Installment shall be due and payable on
11/1/03 and the following Periodic Installments and the final installment shall be due and payable
on the same day of each succeeding month (each, a Payment Date). Such installments have been calculated on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30-day months. Each payment may, at the option of the Payee, be calculated and applied on an
assumption that such payment would be made on its due date.



The acceptance by
Payee of any payment which is less than payment in full of all amounts due and owing at such time shall not constitute a waiver of Payees right to receive payment in full at such time or at any prior or subsequent time.



The Maker hereby expressly authorizes the Payee to insert the date value is actually given in
the blank space on the face hereof and on all related documents pertaining hereto.



This Note may be secured by a security agreement, chattel mortgage, pledge agreement or like instrument (each of which is hereinafter called a Security Agreement).



Time is of the essence hereof. If any installment or any other sum due under this Note or any
Security Agreement is not received within ten (10) days after its due date, the Maker agrees to pay, in addition to the amount of each such installment or other sum, a late payment charge of five percent (5%) of the amount of said installment or
other sum, but not exceeding any lawful maximum. If (i) Maker fails to make payment of any amount due hereunder within ten (10) days after the same becomes due and payable; or (ii) Maker is in default under, or fails to perform under any term or
condition contained in any Security Agreement, then the entire principal sum remaining unpaid, together with all accrued interest thereon and any other sum payable under this Note or any Security Agreement, at the election of Payee, shall
immediately become due and payable, with interest thereon at the lesser of eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the highest rate not prohibited by applicable law from the date of such accelerated maturity until paid (both before and after any
judgment).



Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the
Security Agreement, Maker may not prepay in full or in part any indebtedness hereunder without the express written consent of Payee in its sole discretion.



It is the intention of the parties hereto to comply with the applicable usury laws; accordingly, it is agreed that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this
Note or any Security Agreement, in no event shall this Note or any Security Agreement require the payment or permit the collection of interest in excess of the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. If any such excess interest is contracted
for, charged or received under this Note or any Security Agreement, or if all of the principal balance shall be prepaid, so that under any of such circumstances the amount of interest contracted for, charged or received under this Note or any
Security Agreement on the principal balance shall exceed the maximum amount of interest permitted by applicable law, then in such event (a) the provisions of this paragraph shall govern and control, (b) neither Maker nor any other person or entity
now or hereafter liable for the payment hereof shall be



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obligated to pay the amount of such interest to the extent that it is in excess of the maximum amount of interest permitted by applicable law, (c) any such
excess which may have been collected shall be either applied as a credit against the then unpaid principal balance or refunded to Maker, at the option of the Payee, and (d) the effective rate of interest shall be automatically reduced to the maximum
lawful contract rate allowed under applicable law as now or hereafter construed by the courts having jurisdiction thereof. It is further agreed that without limitation of the foregoing, all calculations of the rate of interest contracted for,
charged or received under this Note or any Security Agreement which are made for the purpose of determining whether such rate exceeds the maximum lawful contract rate, shall be made, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by amortizing,
prorating, allocating and spreading in equal parts during the period of the full stated term of the indebtedness evidenced hereby, all interest at any time contracted for, charged or received from Maker or otherwise by Payee in connection with such
indebtedness; provided, however, that if any applicable state law is amended or the law of the United States of America preempts any applicable state law, so that it becomes lawful for the Payee to receive a greater interest per annum rate than is
presently allowed, the Maker agrees that, on the effective date of such amendment or preemption, as the case may be, the lawful maximum hereunder shall be increased to the maximum interest per annum rate allowed by the amended state law or the law
of the United States of America.



The Maker and all sureties, endorsers,
guarantors or any others (each such person, other than the Maker, an Obligor) who may at any time become liable for the payment hereof jointly and severally consent hereby to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers or
modifications of, and all substitutions or releases of, security or of any party primarily or secondarily liable on this Note or any Security Agreement or any term and provision of either, which may be made, granted or consented to by Payee, and
agree that suit may be brought and maintained against any one or more of them, at the election of Payee without joinder of any other as a party thereto, and that Payee shall not be required first to foreclose, proceed against, or exhaust any
security hereof in order to enforce payment of this Note. The Maker and each Obligor hereby waives presentment, demand for payment, notice of nonpayment, protest, notice of protest, notice of dishonor, and all other notices in connection herewith,
as well as filing of suit (if permitted by law) and diligence in collecting this Note or enforcing any of the security hereof, and agrees to pay (if permitted by law) all expenses incurred in collection, including Payees actual attorneys
fees. Maker and each Obligor agrees that fees not in excess of twenty percent (20%) of the amount then due shall be deemed reasonable.



Maker hereby irrevocably authorizes and empowers the Prothonotary or Clerk, or any attorney for any Court of record to appear for Maker in such Courts, at any time, and
confess a judgement against Maker, without process, in favor of any holder hereof, without the filing of a declaration of default, with release of errors, without stay of execution, for such amount as may appear from the face hereof to be due
hereunder (or, if such attorney so elects, for the amount which may be due hereon as evidenced by an affidavit signed by a representative of holder setting forth the amount then due) together with charges, attorneys fees and costs as herein
provided, and Maker hereby waives and releases all benefits and relief from any and all appraisement, stay or exemption laws of any state, now in force or hereafter to be passed. If a copy hereof, verified by an affidavit, shall have been filed in
said proceeding, it shall not be necessary to file the original as a warrant of attorney. No single exercise of the foregoing warrant and power to confess judgement shall be deemed to exhaust the power, whether or not such exercise shall be held by
any Court to be invalid, voidable, or void, but the power shall continue undiminished and may be exercised from time to time as often as the holder hereof shall elect, until all sums payable or that may become payable hereunder by Maker have been
paid in full.



THE MAKER HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY
TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THIS NOTE, ANY OF THE RELATED DOCUMENTS, ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN MAKER AND PAYEE RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION OR ANY RELATED TRANSACTIONS,
AND/OR THE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED BETWEEN MAKER AND PAYEE. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT
CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS.) THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THE WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS
OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS NOTE, ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS, OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THIS TRANSACTION OR ANY RELATED TRANSACTION. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS NOTE MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.



This Note and any Security Agreement constitute the entire agreement of
the Maker and Payee with respect to the subject matter hereof and supercedes all prior understandings, agreements and representations, express or implied.



No variation or modification of this Note, or any waiver of any of its provisions or conditions, shall be valid unless in writing and signed by an authorized
representative of Maker and Payee. Any such waiver, consent, modification or change shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose given.



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Any provision in this Note or any Security Agreement which is in conflict with any statute, law or applicable rule shall
be deemed omitted, modified or altered to conform thereto.



|                                   |  | Neose Technologies, Inc.    
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|/s/ Monica Klos                    |  | By:                         
|(Witness)                          |  | Name:                       
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|Monica Klos                        |  | Title:                      
|(Print name)                       |  | Federal Tax ID #: 13-3549286
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|102 Witmer Road, Horsham, PA 19044 |  | Address:                    
|(Address)                          |  |