**BETWEEN**

**AND**

| 1. | In                the Agreement: |
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|   | "Company"                shall mean Nutrition 21, Inc. and any corporation which either directly                or                indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control                with                Nutrition 21, Inc. |
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|   | "Confidential                Information" means any trade secret or confidential information possessed                now or in the future by the Company or any associated company which                has                been disclosed to employee in connection with his employment with                the                Company which has commercial value for the businesses, investigations                or                research programs in which the Company is, or is likely to become                engaged.                Without limiting its scope the term includes information in the discovery                or development of which the Employee participates during the period                of                his/her employment by the Company. |
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|   | "Developments"                means all ideas, processes, developments, designs, systems, programs,                discoveries, inventions, improvements and writings, whether patentable                or                not. |
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|   | "Employment"                means employment by the Company. |
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| 2. | The                Employee, in consideration of his/her employment by the Company,                agrees as                follows: |
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|  | (a) | That                  he/she will not during the term of his/her employment engage in                  any                  activity competitive with or adverse to the welfare of the Company,                  whether alone, as a partner or as an officer, director, employee                  or major                  shareholder of another corporation (i.e., at least 1% shareholder),                  unless                  he/she has the prior written consent of the                  Company. |
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|  | (b) | That                he/she will during the term of his employment promptly disclose and                assign                to the Company the full rights to all Developments made by the Employee,                whether alone or with others, which fall within the scope of the                Company's                businesses, investigations or research                programs. |
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|  | (c) | The                Employee will both during and after his/her employment assist the                Company,                at the Company's expense, to obtain, maintain and enforce for the                Company                in any and all countries patents and copyrights on all Developments                assigned by the Employee to the Company as above provided, and for                such                purpose the Employee shall sign all documents as the Company may                reasonably request. If the Company is unable for any reason to secure                the                Employee's signature to any document required to apply for or execute                any                patent application with respect to such Development, or to any related                document, the Employee hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as                his/her                agent and attorney to act in his/her stead to execute and file any                such                document and to do all other acts to further the issuance of patents                thereon with the same legal force and effect as if executed by                him. |
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|  | (d) | All                Confidential Information and all patents and other rights in connection                therewith shall be the sole property of the Company and its assigns.                The                Employee hereby assigns to the Company any rights the Employee may                have or                may acquire in the Confidential                Information. |
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|  | (e) | The                  Employee agrees to deliver to the Company all records of every                  type and                  all copies thereof, which relate to Confidential Information upon                  termination of his/her employment. |
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| 3. | The                Company agrees to consider promptly and in good faith, but without                obligation, any request by the Employee to release any of its rights                to                Developments assigned to the Company under this                Agreement. |
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| 4. | Without                any prejudice to any other remedies available to the Company in respect                of                a breach of this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to seek                an                injunction restraining the Employee from committing a breach or threatened                breach of the terms of this                Agreement. |
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| 5. | This                Agreement |
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|  | (a) | Constitutes                the entire agreement between the parties in respect of the matters                dealt                with herein and replaces all previous agreements or                understandings. |
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|  | (b) | May                only be amended by a further agreement in writing signed by the                parties. |
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|  | (c) | Shall                ensure to the benefit of the Company's successors and                assigns. |
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|  | (d) | Shall                be governed by the laws of the State of New                York. |
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**IN      WITNESS WHEREOF**

| NUTRITION              21,              INC. |                                             |   | Dean              DiMaria |
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| BY:                                          | /s/ Benjamin              T. Sporn          |   |                      | BY: | /s/ Dean              DiMaria |
|                                         | Benjamin              T. Sporn                   |   |                      |   |  |
|                                         | TITLE:              General              Counsel |   |                      |   | DATE:              December 1,              2005 |

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