Document:

Exhibit 10.4

 

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED

 

INFORMATION FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IS OMITTED AND NOTED WITH “****”. AN UNREDACTED VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

 

SETTLEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS SETTLEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE AGREEMENT (“Settlement Agreement”) is entered into as of the date of signature of the last signatory to the Settlement Agreement (the “Signing Date”), and effective upon the date of receipt of the Settlement Payment (as defined below) (the “Effective Date”), by and between Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc. (“BVL”), and Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. (“LMI”).  BVL and LMI are collectively referred to as the “Parties” or in the singular as a “Party.”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, BVL is a Delaware corporation that provides services to the pharmaceutical industry as a contract manufacturer which supplies its customers with sterile finished dosage forms, with its principal place of business located in Ohio; and

 

WHEREAS, LMI is a Delaware corporation engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing and distributing diagnostic medical imaging products, with its principal place of business located in Massachusetts; and

 

WHEREAS, BVL and LMI are parties to a certain Manufacturing and Service Contract For Commercial and Developmental Products dated August 1, 2008 (“Manufacturing Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, BVL has experienced a variety of issues that have challenged its ability to consistently manufacture and provide product to LMI pursuant to the Manufacturing Agreement between the Parties; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties have cooperated in good faith to satisfactorily resolve all issues of concern and material disputes; and

 

 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to terminate the Manufacturing Agreement, which agreement is hereby terminated as of the Effective Date pursuant to the terms hereof; and

 

WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Parties to resolve fully and finally any and all disputes and/or claims whatsoever that LMI may have against the BVL Released Parties (defined herein), including but not limited to claims relating to, arising out of, or based upon the Manufacturing Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties have mutually resolved, to each other’s satisfaction, a compromise and resolution of all outstanding issues and disputes; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties have mutually agreed that the consideration being paid by BVL is wholly and completely sufficient to resolve all claims arising under, or in any manner whatsoever related to, the Manufacturing Agreement; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and with full consultation or the opportunity for consultation with counsel and such other advisors as they deem appropriate, the Parties to this Settlement Agreement hereby agree as follows:

 

TERMS & CONDITIONS

 

1.                                       The foregoing recitals are incorporated herein and constitute express terms of the Settlement Agreement.

 

2.                                       In full and final satisfaction of LMI’s claims and potential claims, both known and unknown, BVL shall provide the consideration described herein under the terms and conditions described herein.  Provision of the consideration described herein is intended to fully resolve all claims, whether known or unknown, that LMI has or may have against the BVL

 

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Released Parties, including but not limited to claims relating to, arising out of, or based upon the Manufacturing Agreement.

 

3.                                       The Parties agree that on the Effective Date, the Manufacturing Agreement will be terminated by this Settlement Agreement and shall have no further force and effect, with the exception of the duties of Customer Indemnity (Section 8.1) and the duties under the Quality Agreement (Attachment “E”, as amended) of the Manufacturing Agreement, which shall survive the termination of the Manufacturing Agreement.

 

CONSIDERATION

 

4.                                       Settlement Payment:  As consideration for the release set forth in Paragraph 5, which takes effect upon receipt of payment by LMI, BVL will pay LMI Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00) (the “Settlement Payment”).  Such payment will be by wire transfer per instructions to be provided by LMI no later than the Signing Date.

 

RELEASE & COVENANT NOT TO SUE

 

5.                                       Effective immediately upon receipt by LMI of the Settlement Payment described in Paragraph 4, LMI, for itself and its predecessors, successors, affiliates, heirs, assigns, administrators, agents, shareholders, directors, principals, officers, partners, employees, agents, contractors, attorneys, and representatives, hereby releases and forever discharges BVL, its parent, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, predecessors, successors, assigns, shareholders, directors, principals, officers, employees, agents, contractors, insurers and attorneys (the “BVL Released Parties”), from any and all claims of any nature whatsoever through the Effective Date, whether such claims have accrued or not accrued as of the Effective Date, including, without limitation, any claims at law or in equity, requests for actual, compensatory, liquidated, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary and punitive damages, attorney’s fees and equitable or injunctive relief, and all claims, causes of action, and damages whether or not LMI is aware of

 

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such claims.  This release and discharge is intended to be broad and expansive, to release and waive all claims and causes of action whatsoever, known or unknown, contingent or liquidated, direct or indirect that LMI has or may have against the BVL Released Parties as of the Effective Date, including, but not limited to, damages, claims and causes of action relating to, arising out of, or based upon the negotiation, execution, representations, warranties, duties, obligations, performance, non-performance, termination or breach of the Manufacturing Agreement.

 

6.                                       Effective immediately upon receipt by LMI of the Settlement Payment described in Paragraph 4, BVL, for itself and its predecessors, successors, affiliates, heirs, assigns, administrators, agents, shareholders, directors, principals, officers, partners, employees, agents, contractors, attorneys, and representatives, hereby releases and forever discharges LMI, its parent, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, predecessors, successors, assigns, shareholders, directors, principals, officers, employees, agents, contractors, insurers and attorneys (the “LMI Released Parties”), from any and all claims of any nature whatsoever through the Effective Date, whether such claims have accrued or not accrued as of the Effective Date, including, without limitation, any claims at law or in equity, requests for actual, compensatory, liquidated, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary and punitive damages, attorney’s fees and equitable or injunctive relief, and all claims, causes of action, and damages whether or not BVL is aware of such claims.  This release and discharge is intended to be broad and expansive, to release and waive all claims and causes of action whatsoever, known or unknown, contingent or liquidated, direct or indirect that BVL has or may have against the LMI Released Parties as of the Effective Date, including, but not limited to, damages, claims and causes of action relating to, arising out of, or based upon the negotiation, execution, representations, warranties, duties, obligations, performance, non-performance, termination or breach of the Manufacturing Agreement.

 

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7.                                       Except as to enforcement of this Settlement Agreement, LMI and BVL covenant and agree that they will forever refrain from instituting, prosecuting, maintaining or pressing any claim, action, suit, or proceeding against the BVL Released Parties or LMI Released Parties relating to, arising out of, or based upon the Manufacturing Agreement or all other matters released in Paragraphs 5 and 6.

 

OTHER PROVISIONS

 

8.                                       This Settlement Agreement shall in no event be construed as or be deemed to be evidence of an admission or concession on the part of any Party of any claim or any fault or liability or damages whatsoever.

 

9.                                       LMI represents and warrants that no person or entity other than LMI has any interest in, and that LMI has not made any assignment or transfer of, any right, claim, demand, cause of action, or other matter covered by the release in Paragraph 5 of this Settlement Agreement.

 

10.                                 BVL represents and warrants that no person or entity other than BVL has any interest in, and that BVL has not made any assignment or transfer of, any right, claim, demand, cause of action, or other matter covered by the release in Paragraph 6 of this Settlement Agreement.

 

11.                                 The Parties and their counsel agree not to disclose to any person or entity, directly or indirectly, or by or through any agent, employee, or other representative, the terms or conditions of this Settlement Agreement other than as necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Settlement Agreement or as may be required by any applicable law, including United States securities laws, or the rules of any stock exchange or NASDAQ, provided, however, that prior to any announcement in accordance with applicable law or rules, the disclosing Party shall provide written notice of such potential announcement to the other Party, and cooperate with the other

 

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Party’s requests and lawful decision to avoid or minimize the degree of such disclosure.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties may disclose the fact of settlement and that their disputes have been resolved.

 

12.                                 This Settlement Agreement may not be introduced into evidence in any proceeding by any person or entity, nor may it be used in support of or for the prosecution of any cause of action against any Party except for enforcing the terms and conditions of this Settlement Agreement.

 

13.                                 Each Party, on its own, has made such investigation of the facts pertaining to the claims released herein as it has deemed necessary.  Each Party agrees and acknowledges that there may be facts of which it is presently unaware, but it nonetheless assumes the risk of entering into this Settlement Agreement.  Each Party further agrees and acknowledges that there are or may be losses or claims arising out of or connected with the Manufacturing Agreement or the released claims that are as yet unknown to the Party and that may not be known until sometime in the future.  Notwithstanding this fact, each Party has explicitly negotiated and bargained for the release herein.  Thus, in furtherance of their intentions, the Settlement Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the discovery of any additional facts or law, or changes in facts or law, and the Settlement Agreement shall not be subject to rescission or modification by reason of any change or difference in facts or law.

 

14.                                 By signing this Settlement Agreement, the Parties acknowledge that they have been advised with respect thereto by their respective attorneys, that they have been afforded ample opportunity to review this Settlement Agreement, that they have read and do understand this Settlement Agreement, and that they have executed this Settlement Agreement freely and voluntarily.  The Parties specifically acknowledge that they have reviewed or have had the

 

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opportunity to review this Settlement Agreement with their legal or other advisors, and are fully aware of all of their rights and alternatives.

 

15.                                 LMI represents that it has carefully considered the terms of the Settlement Agreement and that its Board of Directors using their best business judgment have determined that it is in the best interest of the company and its shareholders to enter into this Settlement Agreement.

 

16.                                 BVL represents that it has carefully considered the terms of the Settlement Agreement and that its Board of Directors using their best business judgment have determined that it is in the best interest of the company and its shareholders to enter into this Settlement Agreement.

 

17.                                 This Settlement Agreement (i) contains the entire understanding of the Parties hereto, (ii) supersedes any and all prior agreements regardless of their nature, and (iii) shall not be amended or modified except by a written instrument hereafter signed by all Parties hereto.

 

18.                                 EACH PARTY FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT, IN ENTERING INTO THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, IT HAS NOT IN ANY WAY RELIED UPON ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN AGREEMENTS, STATEMENTS, PROMISES, INFORMATION, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS, REPRESENTATIONS, OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, NOT SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

 

19.                                 Should any provision of this Settlement Agreement be held illegal, invalid or nonbinding on any of the Parties, such holding shall not invalidate the whole of this Settlement Agreement.  Instead, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to reform this Settlement Agreement in order to give effect to the original intention of the Parties in all material respects.

 

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All other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect and shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the intentions of the Parties as nearly as may be possible.

 

20.                                 No waiver of the breach of any of the provisions of this Settlement Agreement shall be a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach of that provision, or of any other provision(s) of this Agreement.  No waiver of any provision of this Settlement Agreement shall be effective unless evidenced by a written instrument signed by the waiving Party.

 

21.                                 The Parties each acknowledge that the terms and conditions of this Settlement Agreement have been the subject of active and arms-length negotiations, and that such terms and conditions should not be construed in favor of or against any Party by reason of the extent to which any Party or its professional advisors participated in the preparation of this Settlement Agreement.  None of the Parties to this Agreement shall be considered the drafter of this Settlement Agreement or any included provision for the purpose of any statute, case law or rule of construction that would or might cause any provision to be construed against the drafter.

 

22.                                 The Parties agree to execute any and all supplementary documents and to take all additional steps reasonably necessary to give full force and effect to the terms and intent of this Settlement Agreement.

 

23.                                 All covenants and agreements herein shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors of the Parties hereto.

 

24.                                 This Settlement Agreement shall be construed and interpreted to effectuate the Parties’ intent, which is to resolve completely any and all claims and potential claims, whether known or unknown, that LMI has or may have against the BVL Released Parties or that BVL has or may have against the LMI Released Parties, including, but not limited to, claims relating to, arising out of, or based upon the Manufacturing Agreement.

 

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25.                                 This Settlement Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall be governed by Delaware law and, to the extent the laws of the State of Delaware are preempted or otherwise made inapplicable by federal law, the laws of the United States of America. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that any suit, action or legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Settlement Agreement shall be instituted in the United States District Court for Delaware, or if such court does not possess subject matter jurisdiction, of any type, or will not accept jurisdiction, in any court of general jurisdiction in Wilmington, Delaware; consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such foregoing courts in any such suit, action or proceeding; consents to personal jurisdiction in such courts; waives any objection which it may have to laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in said courts; and waives any claim or defense of inconvenient forum.

 

26.                                 In the event of an alleged breach of the Settlement Agreement or a dispute between or among the Parties in connection with the performance of the Settlement Agreement, the Parties shall be required to first provide notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure.  Unless otherwise stated in writing subsequent to the Signing Date of this Settlement Agreement, all notifications and communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be submitted to the persons and entities listed below by Federal Express,  UPS, or any other overnight carrier in which case the notice shall be deemed given two (2) business days from the date of delivery to such carrier or by confirmed facsimile (followed by delivery of an original via overnight carrier), in which case the notice shall be deemed given on confirmation of transmission:

 

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.:

331 Treble Cove Road

North Billerica, MA 08162

Attn: General Counsel

Telephone: (###) ###-####

Facsimile: (###) ###-####

 

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Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc.:

300 Northfield Road

Bedford, OH 44146

Attn: Vice President, Contract Manufacturing Services

Telephone: (###) ###-####

Facsimile: (###) ###-####

 

With a copy (that shall not constitute legal notice) to:

 

Division Legal Counsel

Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc.

300 Northfield Road

Bedford, Ohio 44146

Telephone: (###) ###-####

Facsimile: (###) ###-####

 

27.                                 The headings contained in this Settlement Agreement are for convenience only.  If any conflict arises between the terms of this Settlement Agreement and the headings contained in this Settlement Agreement, the substantive terms of this Settlement Agreement shall control.

 

28.                                 The undersigned individual signatories each represent that they are authorized to execute this agreement on behalf of the Party identified with respect to each.

 

29.                                 This Settlement Agreement may be executed in counterparts and it is the intent of the parties that the copy signed by any Party will be fully enforceable against said Party.

 

30.                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if more than **** Dollars ($****) of the Settlement Payment, in the aggregate, is recovered, rescinded, reduced in amount or otherwise required to be returned to BVL (and LMI actually pays and returns such funds to BVL or its trustee, as the case may be) whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or otherwise, including but not limited to as a “voidable preference” or “fraudulent conveyance”, the Release & Covenant Not To Sue set forth in Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof automatically shall be deemed null and void, and all rights and claims of LMI and BVL, as the case may be, as against the other Party, shall be restored retroactively to the date hereof as if the Parties had never entered into this Settlement Agreement; provided, however, that in no event

 

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shall the aggregate claim against BVL as a result of the operation of this Section 30 ever exceed the difference between (A) **** Dollars ($****) and (B) the amount of the Settlement Payment that has not been required to be returned to BVL.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Settlement Agreement through their duly authorized representatives.

 

	
BEN VENUE LABORATORIES, INC.
    	
LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:   
    	
/s/   George Doyle
    	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   Michael P. Duffy
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Print:   
    	
George   Doyle
    	
 
    	
Print:   
    	
Michael   P. Duffy
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:   
    	
President,   CEO
    	
 
    	
Title:   
    	
Vice   President and Secretary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Date   Signed: 
    	
3/20/2012
    	
 
    	
Dated   Signed: 
    	
3/20/12
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:   
    	
/s/   William A. Owen
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Print:   
    	
William   A. Owen
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:   
    	
VP   Finance
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Date   Signed: 
    	
3/20/12
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

12Exhibit 10.5

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED

 

INFORMATION FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IS OMITTED AND NOTED WITH “****”. AN UNREDACTED VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

 

CONFIDENTIAL

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

Transition Services Agreement

 

 

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.

03/20/2012

 

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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED

 

INFORMATION FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IS OMITTED AND NOTED WITH “****”. AN UNREDACTED VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

 

Table of Contents

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE 1 -
    	
DEFINITIONS
    	
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ARTICLE 2 -
    	
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
    	
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ARTICLE 3 -
    	
MANUFACTURE
    	
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ARTICLE 4 -
    	
VOLUMES
    	
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ARTICLE 5 -
    	
PURCHASE ORDERS
    	
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ARTICLE 6 -
    	
PRICE AND PAYMENT
    	
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ARTICLE 7 -
    	
QUALITY AGREEMENT
    	
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ARTICLE 8 -
    	
INDEMNIFICATION
    	
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ARTICLE 9 -
    	
CONFIDENTIALITY
    	
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ARTICLE 10 -
    	
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
    	
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ARTICLE 11 -
    	
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
    	
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ARTICLE 12 -
    	
TERM AND TERMINATION
    	
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ARTICLE 13 -
    	
NOTICES
    	
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ARTICLE 14 -
    	
WAIVER
    	
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ARTICLE 15 -
    	
ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT
    	
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ARTICLE 16 -
    	
GOVERNING LAW
    	
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ARTICLE 17 -
    	
FORCE MAJEURE
    	
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ARTICLE 18 -
    	
TITLE OF GOODS
    	
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ARTICLE 19 -
    	
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
    	
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ARTICLE 20 -
    	
SEVERABILITY
    	
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED

 

INFORMATION FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IS OMITTED AND NOTED WITH “****”. AN UNREDACTED VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

 

	
ARTICLE 21 -
    	
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
    	
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ARTICLE 22 -
    	
AMENDMENTS
    	
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ARTICLE 23 -
    	
HEADINGS
    	
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ARTICLE 24 -
    	
REVIEW BY LEGAL COUNSEL
    	
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ARTICLE 25 -
    	
RECALL
    	
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ARTICLE 26 -
    	
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
    	
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ARTICLE 27 -
    	
EXPORT PROVISION
    	
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ARTICLE 28 -
    	
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    	
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ARTICLE 29 -
    	
CHANGE NOTIFICATION
    	
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ARTICLE 30 -
    	
BOOKS AND RECORDS
    	
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ARTICLE 31 -
    	
BINDING EFFECT
    	
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ARTICLE 32 -
    	
USE OF NAME AND RESERVATION OF   RIGHTS
    	
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ARTICLE 33-
    	
COUNTERPARTS
    	
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ARTICLE 34 -
    	
LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
    	
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ATTACHMENTS

 

Attachment “A” — Product Supplements

 

A x.1  Product Identification

 

A x.2  Product Testing Specification

 

A x.3  Materials Supplied By Customer And BVL

 

A x.4  [Intentionally Omitted]

 

A1.4.1  [Intentionally Omitted]

 

A1.4.2  [Intentionally Omitted]

 

A x.5                   Pricing

 

Ax.6                      Territory (for Products identified in A x.1)

 

Attachment “B” — Purchase Order Requirements

 

Attachment “C” — Monthly Storage Fees

 

Attachment “D” — Documents Supplied with Batch Release

 

Attachment “E” — Quality Agreement

 

Attachment “F” — Customer Supplied Equipment

 

Additional Attachment for Use if “Territory” for any Product Includes the European Union:

 

Attachment “G” — Representation regarding Customer’s Qualified Person

 

Attachment “H” — Certificate of Compliance

 

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Transition Services Agreement

 

This Transition Services Agreement (hereinafter this “Agreement”) is made effective as of March 20, 2012 (the “Effective Date”), by Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, with its principal office at 300 Northfield Road, Bedford, Ohio, 44146 (hereinafter “BVL” and as further defined in Article I) and Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, with its principal place of business at 331 Treble Cove Road, North Billerica, MA 01862 (hereinafter “Customer”).  BVL and Customer may be referred to in this Agreement jointly as the “Parties” or individually as a “Party.”

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, Customer is the owner or licensee of all rights to certain proprietary technical information, patents and/or patent applications relating to Product(s) (as defined below); and

 

WHEREAS, BVL provides services to the pharmaceutical industry as a contract manufacturer which supplies its customers with sterile finished dosage forms which it has converted from materials supplied by those customers and/or supplied by BVL; and

 

WHEREAS, BVL possesses the personnel and Facilities (as defined below) for the development and Manufacturing (as defined below) of finished sterile dosage forms of Product and is willing to allocate and commit resources and Manufacture such Product(s) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, Customer acknowledges that it is aware that in May 2011 and November 2011, BVL’s manufacturing facility was inspected by the United States Food and Drug Administration and by the European Medicines Agency in March 2011 and November 2011.  Customer further acknowledges that each of these inspections resulted in observations from the regulatory authority citing deviations from current Good Manufacturing Practices (“GMP”).  Customer acknowledges The European Medicines Agency and the Therapeutic Goods Administration have issued BVL short-dated, restricted GMP licenses.  Customer further acknowledges that it is aware (i) BVL voluntarily suspended manufacturing at its site as of November 2011, and (ii) ****.  Customer has reviewed the records of inspection from the above mentioned regulatory authorities as well as BVL’s corrective action responses to the regulatory agencies and is satisfied that the corrective actions set forth in BVL’s corrective action plan should rectify the cGMP issues at the manufacturing facility that directly or indirectly affect Customer’s Product.  Based on the foregoing, Customer acknowledges that the GMP issues set forth above, as well as any prior deviations from cGMP by BVL, shall not constitute grounds for a claim of any breach of this Agreement, and Customer specifically waives any right to claim any breach under this Agreement based on any such prior deviations from cGMP. For the avoidance of doubt, any reference in this Agreement to BVL’s compliance and/or conformance with GMP or cGMP, whether for facilities, manufacturing operations, personnel,  products or otherwise, shall be deemed qualified by the terms of this paragraph.

 

WHEREAS, Customer and BVL were parties to that certain Manufacturing and Service Contract for Commercial and Developmental Goods dated as of July 1, 2008 (the “Manufacturing Agreement”) which agreement was terminated pursuant to the terms of the certain Settlement and Release Agreement entered into between BVL and Customer as of March 20, 2012 (the “Settlement Agreement”).

 

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WHEREAS, the foregoing recitals constitute express terms of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, Customer and BVL agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1 -                    DEFINITIONS

 

In this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

1.1.                            “Act” means the US Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, the Public Health Service Act of 1944 and the regulations promulgated under that Act, as may be amended from time to time.

 

1.2.                            “Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient” or “API” shall mean bulk supplies of the pharmacologically active compound(s) comprising Product and listed in each Attachment “A#.3,” (i.e., A1.3) which Customer will provide to BVL in bulk form, from time to time, for the sole purpose of development and Manufacture of Product for Customer.

 

1.3.                            “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to Customer: (a) any corporation or business entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting stock or voting equity interests of which are owned directly or indirectly by a Party; or (b) any corporation or business entity which directly or indirectly owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting stock or voting equity interests of a Party; or (c) any corporation or business entity directly or indirectly controlling or under control of a corporation or business entity as described in (a) or (b).  For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to BVL, Bedford Laboratories. (along with its successors and assigns) (“Bedford”). For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement will not be binding on affiliates of BVL other than (i) Bedford, (ii) BVL’s Agents as authorized hereunder, and (iii) as set forth in Articles 9 and 11.

 

1.4.                            “Agent” or “Agents” shall mean any individual or entity which performs on behalf of a Party under this Agreement, and in the case of any such individuals, the term “Agent” shall be understood to include the entity employing such individual.

 

1.5.                            “Agency” and “Agencies” shall mean the regulatory entities for each respective country, states and/or territories as identified in and limited to each Product’s definition of the Territory (as defined below) (i.e., for Product A1 see Attachment A1.6); including: if Territory includes the United States, the FDA; if Territory includes Canada and its Provinces, the Canadian Health Protection Branch; if Territory includes any member state of the European Union,  the European Agency for Evaluation of Medicinal Products (hereinafter the “EMEA”); if Territory includes Japan, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; (b) any successor organization of any such entity; and (c) any other government regulatory authority with regulatory oversight of the Manufacturing, the Facilities or use of Product in or for its Territory, as such other authorities are mutually agreed upon by the Parties in writing.

 

1.6.                            “Applicable Law” shall mean all applicable ordinances, rules, regulations, laws, guidelines, guidance, statutes, requirements and court orders of any kind whatsoever, as amended from time to time, including, without limitation, the bodies of law, regulations (including without limitation, cGMP or its equivalent) and environmental, health and safety for each country of the Territory.

 

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1.7.                            “Batch” shall mean a specific quantity of Product that is intended to be of uniform character and quality and is produced during the same cycle of Manufacture as defined by the applicable Batch Record (as defined below). The Batch size for each Product is specified in each Attachment “A#.1” (i.e., A1.1) to this Agreement. “Lot” shall have the same meaning as Batch.

 

1.8.                            “Batch Records” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.9.2.

 

1.9.                            “BVL Indemnitees” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.1.

 

1.10.                     “BVL Inventions” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.4.

 

1.11.                     “BVL Technology” shall mean the Technology (as defined below) of BVL that: (a) exists prior to the Effective Date; or (b) is developed or obtained by or on behalf of BVL independent of this Agreement or the Manufacturing Agreement and without reliance upon Product, any API supplied by Customer, or Confidential Information or Composition of Customer; or (c) is a BVL Invention or BVL’s Other Invention (as defined herein).

 

1.12.                     “cGMP” shall mean, with respect to each Product, the current Good Manufacturing Practices in such Product’s Territory (Attachment “A#.6”, i.e., A1.6) as may be amended or supplemented from time to time; including (i) if in the United States, then cGMP shall include without limitation, the current Good Manufacturing Practices set forth in 21 C.F.R. 210 and 21 C.F.R. 211 and relevant FDA guidance documents; and (ii) if in the European Union, then cGMP shall include, without limitation, the practices and standards described in the Guide to Good Manufacturing Practices for Medicinal Products as promulgated by the European Commission under European Directive 2003/94/EC, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time and the ICH Harmonised Tripartite Good Manufacturing Practice Guide For Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (ICH Q7), as each may be amended from time-to-time, or any successors thereto.  In the event of any conflict among Applicable Laws pertaining to the Manufacture of Product, the most stringent among the conflicting Applicable Laws will govern unless the Parties agree otherwise in writing.

 

1.13.                     “Certificate of Analysis” shall mean a summary of the test results, including the test methods, specification parameters, and the pass/fail criteria, used in the determination of the quality and suitability of a specific Batch of Product, including review and approval by the appropriate quality assurance department at BVL

 

1.14.                     “Certificate of Compliance” shall mean, subject to the limitations set forth in the fourth Recital paragraph, a document, signed by an authorized representative of BVL, attesting that a particular Batch was manufactured in accordance with cGMP, the Specifications (as defined below) and other Applicable Law.  As Customer is aware, the European Medicines Agency and Therapeutic Goods Administration have issued BVL restricted, short-dated GMP licenses.  In addition, BVL’s GMP license in Canada has been restricted to medically necessary products.  Based on these restricted GMP licenses, BVL has modified its Certificate of Compliance, a copy of which is included in Attachment “H”.

 

1.15.                     “Claims” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.1.

 

1.16.                     “Composition” shall mean any components and/or raw materials other than API that are used in the Manufacturing of Product and listed in each Attachment “A#.3” (i.e., A1.3)  hereto, which may be supplied by BVL or Customer as required pursuant to such Attachment.

 

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1.17.                     “Confidential Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

 

1.18.                     [Intentionally Omitted]

 

1.19.                     [Intentionally Omitted]

 

1.20.                     “Customer Indemnitees” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.2.

 

1.21.                     “Customer Inventions” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.3.

 

1.22.                     “Customer Technology” shall mean all: (a) API and Customer-supplied Composition; (b) Products and any intermediates or derivatives thereof; (c)Specifications; (d) the Technology of Customer owned, developed or obtained by or on behalf of Customer or Customer’s Affiliates prior to the Effective Date, or owned, developed or obtained by or on behalf of Customer or its Affiliates independent of this Agreement and without reliance upon the Confidential Information, Improvements or Technology of BVL; and (e) Customers’ Improvement.

 

1.23.                     [Intentionally Omitted].

 

1.24.                     “Disclosing Party” means the party which is directly or indirectly disclosing Confidential Information to the Receiving Party (as defined below) pursuant to this Agreement. The Disclosing Party may also act as the Receiving Party of the other party’s Confidential Information.

 

1.25.                     “Drug Master File” or “DMF” means a drug master file providing detailed information about the facility, the equipment and manufacturing processes relating to the API and Product and such other information as required by Applicable Laws, including 21 C.F.R. Section 314.420 and to the extent applicable any equivalent requirement in under Applicable Laws including as required by the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products Note for Guidance on the European Drug Master File Procedure for Active Ingredients.

 

1.26.                     “Equipment” shall mean the equipment described in the Master Batch Record (as defined below) which is: (a) owned or leased by BVL; or (b) if supplied by Customer, then identified in Attachment “F” to this Agreement, and in each case will be used by BVL for the Manufacture of Product in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

1.27.                     “Facility” and “Facilities” shall mean BVL’s Facility located at 300 Northfield Road, Bedford, Ohio, and 19200 Treat Road, Walton Hills, Ohio, all other BVL facilities used in the Manufacturing of Product; provided, that such other facilities have been agreed upon by the Parties in writing in accordance with Section 3.2.

 

1.28.                     “FDA” shall mean the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and any successor agency.

 

1.29.                     “FDCA” shall mean the United States Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§301 et seq., as amended from time to time.

 

1.30.                     “Firm Order” shall mean a binding commitment, as established by a Purchase Order (as defined below) issued by Customer, to have a Batch of Product Manufactured by BVL hereunder.

 

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1.31.                     [Intentionally Omitted]

 

1.32.                     “Force Majeure” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 17.1.

 

1.33.                     [Intentionally Omitted].

 

1.34.                     “Immediately” shall mean within twenty-four (24) hours.

 

1.35.                     “Improvements” shall mean all Technology and discoveries, inventions, developments, modifications, innovations, updates, enhancements, improvements, writings or rights (whether or not protectable under patent, trademark, copyright or similar laws) that are conceived, discovered, invented, developed, created, made or reduced to practice in the Manufacture of Product or otherwise arise in the performance of any services related to the Product under this Agreement.

 

1.36.                     “Investigation” shall mean a detailed and thorough review of any Manufacturing deviation (or any other matter requiring review pursuant to the terms of this Agreement) that is documented in a written report and approved at a senior management level.  Each such written report shall include, without limitation, a detailed description of the atypical event, deviation or other matter, all steps taken to review such event, deviation or other matter, a root cause analysis, which other lots of Customer Product were affected, if any, the proposed and/or taken corrective actions with applicable timelines and a recommendation for permanent correction, if applicable.

 

1.37.                     “Losses” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.1.

 

1.38.                     “Manufacture,” “Manufacturing,” and “Manufactured” shall mean all operations of BVL in the scheduling, production, packaging, labeling, warehousing, quality control testing (including in-process, release and stability testing when applicable), release and shipping of Product to meet the Specifications for Products.

 

1.39.                     “Manufacturing Process” shall mean any and all processes (or any step in any process) used or planned to be used by BVL to Manufacture Product, as evidenced in the Batch Records.

 

1.40.                     “Manufacturing Date” shall mean the date on which BVL commences manufacture of a Batch.

 

1.41.                     “Marketing Authorization” shall mean a New Drug Application (as defined below) filed with an Agency outside the United States.

 

1.42.                     “Master Batch Record”  or “MBR”  means the document containing the mutually agreed to Manufacturing Process including but not limited to the instructions for formulation, filling, lyophilization if applicable, packaging, labeling and specifications for components and raw materials to be used in the Manufacture of the Product. In-process and finished Product Specifications for the Product will be referenced in the Master Batch Record.  It may also be referred to as the “Master Production Record” or “MPR”.  The MBR may be amended from time to time by mutual written agreement of the Parties

 

1.43.                     “NDA” shall mean a New Drug Application filed with the FDA.

 

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1.44.                     [Intentionally Omitted]

 

1.45.                     “Party” or “Parties” shall have that meaning as set first in the first unnumbered paragraph of this Agreement.

 

1.46.                     “Products” shall mean the final packaged dosage forms of the following:

 

	
Transition Services
   Agreement Attachment
    	
 
    	
Product
    	
 
    	
Batches
    
	
A1.1
    	
 
    	
Sestamibi, **** mg lyo in a **** mL vial
    	
 
    	
****
    
	
A2.1
    	
 
    	
Neurolite ligand, **** mg lyo in a **** mL vial
    	
 
    	
****
    
	
A3.1
    	
 
    	
Eluant, **** mg/mL liquid, **** mL in a **** mL vial
    	
 
    	
****
    
	
A4.1
    	
 
    	
Eluant, **** mg/mL liquid **** mL in a **** mL vial
    	
 
    	
****
    
	
A5.1
    	
 
    	
Neurolite buffer, liquid, **** mL in a **** mL vial(1)
    	
 
    	
****
    
	
A6.1
    	
 
    	
(Intentionally Omitted)
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
A7.1
    	
 
    	
Definity **** mg lyo in a **** mL vial(2)
    	
 
    	
****
    

 

If used in the singular rather than plural, “Product” shall apply to an individual product as listed in Attachment “A#.1”

 

1.47.                     “Promptly” shall mean within thirty calendar (30) days.

 

1.48.                     “Purchase Order” shall mean a written form submitted by Customer to BVL authorizing the Manufacture of Product or other services as specified on the document which references this Agreement or a quotation number provided by BVL or other document provided by BVL outlining the services to be performed, the price to be paid, and contains each of the requirements set forth on Attachment “B.”

 

1.49.                     “Qualified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 48 of the European Directive 2001/83/EC, and as set forth elsewhere within the EU regulations, as may be amended from time to time.

 

1.50.                     “Quality Agreement” shall mean the separate quality agreement attached hereto as Attachment “E.”  The Quality Agreement constitutes an integrated part of this Agreement and defines the quality assurance and regulatory responsibilities of the Parties as they relate to this Agreement.

 

(1)  The Parties may mutually agree to **** Neurolite buffer Batch of **** the normal Batch size contemplated by Attachment A5 hereof necessary to complement the **** Neurolite ligand Batches described above.

(2)  Inclusive of BVL’s release to Customer of **** lot of Definity Product as contemplated by Section 6.8.1.

 

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1.51.                     “Receiving Party” means the party which is directly or indirectly in receipt of Confidential Information from the Disclosing Party pursuant to this Agreement. The Receiving Party may also act as the Disclosing Party of the other party’s Confidential Information.

 

1.52.                     “Records” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.8.

 

1.53.                     “Relevant Product” shall mean the Product; any product containing the same API as Customer’s Product, or any product developed or manufactured using the same API which competes in the same diagnostic class as the Product.  For the avoidance of doubt, BVL shall not be prevented from manufacturing a product containing the same API which does not compete in the same diagnostic class as the Product.

 

1.54.                     “Representative” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.5.

 

1.55.                     [Intentionally Omitted]

 

1.56.                     “SOP’s” (of a Party) shall mean such Party’s standard operating procedures as defined in the controlled written documentation of such Party.

 

1.57.                     “Specification” or “Specifications” shall mean the quality standards, including tests, analytical procedures and acceptance criteria that are established to confirm the quality of Product which are mutually agreed to in writing and are contained or referenced in the Master Batch Record for Product or as otherwise mutually agreed to in writing by the Parties.

 

1.58.                     “Technology” shall mean all methods, techniques, trade secrets, copyrights, know-how, data, documentation, regulatory submissions, Product Specifications (which are solely owned by Customer, except for those portions of such Specifications that include routine BVL policies, procedures, etc. and that are not Product-specific) and other intellectual property of any kind (whether or not protectable under patent, trademark, copyright or similar laws).

 

1.59.                     “Temporary Storage Period” shall have that meaning ascribed in Section 6.5.

 

1.60.                     “Territory” shall mean those countries and territories set forth in each Attachment “A#.6” (i.e., A1.6) for the Product identified in each such Attachment “A,” it being understood that different Products may have different Territories for purposes of this Agreement.

 

1.61.                     “Third Party” shall mean any person or entity other than a Party to this Agreement or such Party’s Affiliate.

 

1.62.                     “United States” or “U.S.” shall mean the United States of America, its territories and possessions including Puerto Rico.

 

ARTICLE 2 -                    DESCRIPTION OF WORK

 

2.1.                            Equipment.

 

2.1.1.                  Equipment owned by BVL and located at the Facility, shall not be dedicated to any single customer unless otherwise agreed to in writing, but shall be available for Manufacturing of Product according to BVL’s Manufacturing Processes requirements.

 

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2.1.2.                  Customer and BVL shall mutually agree on the terms and conditions of any special equipment required to be purchased for the Manufacturing of the Product(s).  Equipment which Customer has purchased is identified on Attachment “F” (title to which shall at all times remain with Customer) and shall be solely dedicated to the production of Products hereunder.  Customer may at times authorize BVL, with BVL’s written consent, to select and order equipment that will be invoiced to Customer and for which Customer agrees to be financially liable. BVL shall, at all times and at its sole cost, be responsible for all normal and routine maintenance to the Equipment identified on Attachment “F” in accordance with current BVL’s SOP’s, which procedures have been reviewed and approved by Customer.  Customer shall, at all times and at its sole cost, be responsible for upgrades, repairs, replacement, non-routine maintenance and/or enhancements to the Equipment identified on Attachment “F” and BVL shall obtain Customer’s prior written approval prior to incurring such costs.  Risk of loss of all Equipment identified on Attachment “F” shall be retained by BVL to the extent that loss and/or damage of equipment is caused by BVL’s act of negligence, breach, willful misconduct.  For the avoidance of doubt, BVL shall not be liable or bear risk of loss for repairs or upgrades to the equipment except if caused by BVL’s failure to perform maintenance as required pursuant to this Agreement.

 

2.2.                            API and Composition.

 

2.2.1.                  Customer Supply of API & Composition.  Customer shall, at its own expense, supply BVL with sufficient quantities of API and Customer-supplied Composition, including API, needed for the Manufacture of Product, as specified in the supporting Purchase Orders, in order to meet Customer’s Purchase Orders for Product in finished dosage form.  BVL shall have no liability for quantities of API or Customer-Supplied Composition shipped in excess of the requirement to Manufacture the amount of Product  required to fill open Purchase Orders, but shall use such API or Composition for future Purchase Orders.

 

2.2.2.                  Certification of Customer Supplied Composition & Equipment.  Upon BVL’s request, Customer shall provide written confirmation of the review and approval of the quality systems of its designated vendors for Customer-supplied Composition/Equipment.

 

2.2.3.                  Reports for Customer Supplied Composition.  BVL shall: (i) provide Customer with standard inventory reports for all API and Customer-supplier Composition for the prior **** not later than the **** (****) business day of each ****; (ii) notify Customer when the amount of API or Customer-supplied Composition available at BVL reaches the minimum quantity of materials as agreed by both Parties; (iii) not provide API or Customer-supplied Composition to any Third Party without the express prior written consent of Customer; (iv) not use API or Customer-supplied Composition for any purpose other than the Manufacture of Product or conducting other services under this Agreement, including, without limitation, not to analyze, characterize, modify or reverse engineer any API, or take any action to determine the structure or composition of any API, unless the foregoing is required under this Agreement; and (v) destroy or return to Customer or its designee all unused quantities of API and Customer-supplied Composition according to Customer’s written directions at Customer’s cost.  If no written directions are provided to BVL within thirty (30) days following termination of this Agreement, or any 

 

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postponement or cancellation of a Purchase Order, then without BVL having any liability to Customer, BVL may dispose of such API or Composition upon not less than ten (10) days prior written notification to Customer of BVL’s intent to dispose of such API or Composition per cGMP(s). Customer shall be financially liable for the cost or expense associated with any such disposal.

 

2.2.4.                  Annual Physical Audit.  In addition to Customer’s annual GMP audit, Customer will be entitled to perform an annual physical audit of Customer-supplied Composition at a date and time to be agreed upon by both Parties.  If the scope of the audit warrants (e.g., significant number of materials, number of personnel in attendance, BVL’s involvement, etc.)  a quotation will be provided to Customer.

 

2.2.5.                  ID Only Verification.  Customer must give written permission to BVL to do ID-only, by-label verification of any API or active drug substance if no identification test is requested by Customer to be performed by BVL.

 

2.2.6.                  Release of Materials.  BVL will release all materials provided by BVL. In the event the Territory (Attachment “A#.6”) includes the European Union, then Customer’s Qualified Person shall be responsible to certify compliance of the Customer-supplied API and for the release of Product within the European Union and for EU Directives, standards and rules, including without limitation, Article 51(3) of Directive 2001/83/EC, with respect to the Product(s).

 

2.2.7.                  Quality Control Testing Requirements.  Customer will provide, or cause BVL to develop at mutually agreed upon fees, written quality control testing requirements, methods, specifications and reference standards for the API and Product, which shall be performed by BVL in accordance with the Specifications.  Customer will approve in writing initial testing documents, the Master Production Record and any revisions of the documents thereafter.  Revisions of approved testing documents requested within eight (8) weeks prior to the Manufacturing Date or other services related to the subject Product may cause a delay or postponement of such Manufacturing and/or other services requested by the Customer.  BVL shall not be responsible for any losses or other expenses resulting from any such delay.  Upon mutual agreement between the Parties which shall not be unreasonably or untimely withheld, BVL shall make revisions to the testing documents or MBR for a Product that are requested by Customer.  Further, BVL shall be entitled to reasonable reimbursement for any and all additional costs and expenses incurred by BVL in connection with any such revision or delay as agreed upon by the Parties.  The Parties shall cooperate in good faith to reach agreement for the changes and the associated costs.

 

2.2.8.                  Disposition of Tailings/Rejects.  Customer is responsible for notifying BVL with instruction for disposition of tailings and rejects, which will be incorporated into the Master Batch Record and include a shipment address for tailing and rejects if Customer requests return of tailings and rejects.

 

2.2.9.                  Customer Liable for Changes to BVL Composition.  BVL shall procure, at its cost, all BVL-supplied Composition listed as BVL’s responsibility in Attachment A#.3 for a Product in order for BVL to meet Customer’s Purchase Orders made pursuant to this Agreement.  In the event that Customer makes changes to the vendor and/or specifications of any BVL-supplied Composition, any additional 

 

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expense due to such change shall be borne by the Customer as agreed upon, and the Parties shall negotiate, in good faith, an appropriate adjustment to the purchase price of the Product to reflect any increase or decrease in costs due to such changes.  If Customer requires BVL utilize a specific vendor for any BVL supplied Composition and BVL is reasonably unable to utilize such vendor, then if Customer requires such vendor to be utilized, Customer shall have the responsibility to source such Composition and provide to BVL pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, which shall thereafter be deemed a Customer-supplied Composition under this Agreement.

 

2.3.                            Product Manufacture. Pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, BVL shall Manufacture Customer’s Purchase Order quantities of Product in finished packaged dosage form as defined in each Attachment “A#.1” (i.e., A1.1)  For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, such Product shall meet the Specification, the requirements of cGMP and all Applicable Law.  BVL, its Agents and Bedford (and any business, operations, personnel or assets owned or controlled by BVL and such Agents and any successors thereto, as the same may be reorganized from time to time) shall not during the term Manufacture for any Third Party,  directly or through any Third Party any Relevant Product or provide or cause to be or assist in providing any products or services (including in manufacturing, development, or procurement) any Relevant Product, only in each case with the prior written consent of Customer (which may be given at its sole discretion).

 

2.4.                            [Intentionally Omitted].

 

2.5.                            Representatives.  Each Party shall appoint a representative having primary responsibility for day-to-day interactions with the other Party for the services under this Agreement (each, a “Representative”).  Both Parties shall use reasonable efforts to provide the other with at least forty-five (45) days prior written notice of any change in its Representative.  Except for notices or communications required or permitted under this Agreement, which shall be subject to Article 13, or unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties in writing, all communications between BVL and Customer regarding the conduct of the services under this Agreement shall be addressed to, or routed directly through, the respective Representatives of each Party, as appropriate.

 

ARTICLE 3 -                    MANUFACTURE

 

3.1.                            BVL Compliance. BVL has obtained, and will maintain at its sole cost and expense throughout the term of this Agreement, all licenses, permits, certifications and approvals required under Applicable Law for its Manufacturing Facilities and for its performance under this Agreement; BVL’s Facilities conform, and will throughout the term of this Agreement conform to cGMP and other Applicable Law.  Customer acknowledges that it is aware that in May 2011 and November 2011, BVL’s manufacturing facility was inspected by the United States Food and Drug Administration and by the European Medicines Agency in March 2011 and November 2011.  Customer further acknowledges that each of these inspections resulted in observations from the regulatory authority citing deviations from current Good Manufacturing Practices.  Customer also acknowledges The European Medicines Agency and the Therapeutic Goods Administration have issued BVL short-dated, restricted GMP licenses.  Customer further acknowledges that it is aware BVL voluntarily suspended manufacturing at its site as of November 2011.  Customer has reviewed the records of inspection from the above mentioned regulatory authorities as well as BVL’s corrective action responses to the regulatory agencies and is satisfied that the corrective actions set forth in 

 

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BVL’s corrective action plan should rectify the cGMP issues at the manufacturing facility that directly or indirectly affect Customer’s Product.

 

3.2.                            Facility. BVL shall perform all services under this Agreement at the Facility, and shall hold at such Facility all Equipment, API, Composition and other items used in such services.  BVL shall not change the location of such Facility or use any additional facility for the performance of services under this Agreement without prior written notice to, and prior written consent from, Customer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (it being understood and agreed that Customer may withhold consent pending completion of a quality assurance audit and/or regulatory impact assessment satisfactory to it including without limitation an environmental, health and safety audit of the new location or additional facility, as the case may be): provided, that the Parties will meet and confer to discuss allocation of any applicable costs and expenses in connection with any change of location of the Facility or use of any additional facility for BVL’s convenience. BVL will be responsible for all applicable costs and expenses in connection with any change of location of the Facility or use of any additional facility for BVL’s convenience (including costs for qualification and validation batches).  For the avoidance of doubt, it is the Parties’ intent that changes to the Facility made by or on behalf of Customer, or for the convenience of Customer shall be borne by Customer; changes to the Facility made by or on behalf, or for the convenience of BVL shall be borne by BVL.  In the event that a change to the Facility is initiated by BVL, the Parties shall meet and confer on the scope of reasonable regulatory requirements to be provided by BVL.  In the event the Parties cannot in good faith reasonably agree to such filing requirements, then the Parties shall mutually agree upon a qualified, neutral regulatory expert who shall fully and finally allocate the costs after reviewing and hearing each Parties arguments.  The costs of the expert shall be borne equally by the Parties.  BVL shall maintain, at its own expense, the Facility and all Equipment required for the Manufacture of Product in a state of repair and operating efficiency consistent with the requirements of the cGMP and all other Applicable Law.

 

3.3.                            Change Control. Any changes to the Specification, Manufacturing Process, Equipment utilized to Manufacture such Product, its testing procedures, validation, suppliers of raw materials and components, or documentation systems that are specific or related to Product would likely impact any government submission or approval pending, received and/or required for such Product, either foreign or domestic as applicable for the Territory, shall be made only with the prior written consent of the Parties and in accordance with change control provisions of the Quality Agreement.  In the event any such changes are required by an Agency, BVL will Promptly notify Customer. Customer may, from time to time, propose to change Specification which shall require mutual written consent of the Parties, and BVL will not unreasonably or untimely withhold its consent to such change and will use commercially reasonable efforts to implement such change.  For the avoidance of doubt it is the Parties’ intent that the costs of any changes made pursuant to this Section 3.3 at Customer’s request shall be borne by Customer, and the costs of any changes made pursuant to this Section 3.3 made for the convenience of BVL shall be borne by BVL. In the event that a change made pursuant to this Section 3.3 is initiated by BVL, the Parties shall meet and confer on the scope of reasonable regulatory requirements to be provided by BVL. In the event the Parties cannot in good faith reasonable agree to such filing requirements, then the Parties shall mutually agree upon a qualified, neutral regulatory expert who shall fully and finally allocate the costs after reviewing and hearing each Parties arguments. The costs of the expert shall be borne equally by the Parties.

 

3.4.                            Product Compliance.  Product delivered to Customer pursuant to this Agreement shall conform to the Specification and be in compliance with all Applicable Law, including but 

 

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not limited to the requirements of GMP.  Customer acknowledges that it is aware that in May 2011 and November 2011, BVL’s manufacturing facility was inspected by the United States Food and Drug Administration and by the European Medicines Agency in March 2011 and November 2011.  Customer further acknowledges that each of these inspections resulted in observations from the regulatory authority citing deviations from current Good Manufacturing Practices.  Customer acknowledges The European Medicines Agency and the Therapeutic Goods Administration have issued BVL short-dated, restricted GMP licenses.  Customer further acknowledges that it is aware BVL voluntarily suspended manufacturing at its site as of November 2011.  Customer has reviewed the records of inspection from the above mentioned regulatory authorities as well as BVL’s corrective action responses to the regulatory agencies and is satisfied that the corrective actions set forth in BVL’s corrective action plan should rectify the cGMP issues at the manufacturing facility that directly or indirectly affect Customer’s Product.  Based on the foregoing, Customer acknowledges that the GMP issues set forth above, as well as any prior deviations from cGMP by BVL, shall not constitute grounds for a claim of any breach of this Agreement, and Customer specifically waives any right to claim any breach under this Agreement based on any such prior deviations from cGMP.  In the event of conflicting Applicable Law, Product will comply with the most stringent from the conflicting requirements unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties.

 

3.5.                            Regulatory Communications and Inspections.  All information, documents and updates with regard to the Manufacture of Product which are required by any Agency shall be provided by BVL in a timely manner, and BVL shall submit to all inquiries and inspections by any such Agency.  All documents directly related to Product shall be provided to Customer in advance of submission to such Agency if feasible, and in no case shall such documents be provided to Customer later than five (5) business days after such documents and information are provided to any Agency.  The foregoing obligation of disclosure excludes any information which BVL is prohibited from disclosing and/or directed or requested by a regulatory agency not to disclose, including without limitation, drafts of any potential consent decrees.  BVL shall notify Customer Immediately (or, if during a weekend, upon the next business day) of all scheduled Product-specific Agency inspections, and Customer shall have the right to be present for all scheduled inspections relating to the Manufacture of Product.  Any and all written communications or notices of inspection directly related to Product received from any Agency shall be provided by Customer and BVL to the other Party no later than five (5) business days after such communications or notices are received by such Party; provided, however, that if such document is from BVL, it may redact the confidential information of Third Parties from such communications prior to providing same to Customer.

 

3.5.1.                  BVL shall also notify Customer Immediately of any notices, observations or other formal written communications from such Agency provided to BVL after the Effective Date regarding any deficiencies that have or may have an adverse effect on the Product or BVL’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing obligation of disclosure excludes any information which BVL is prohibited from disclosing and/or directed or requested by a regulatory agency not to disclose, including without limitation, drafts of any potential consent decrees.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereunder, Customer shall have the right to postpone all pending and future Purchase Orders hereunder in the event of (i) any such notices, observations or communications newly provided to Customer following the Effective Date; (ii) any regulatory or other concerns under Applicable Law newly discovered following the Effective Date; (iii) any material issues with the supply of Products hereunder (including atypical Manufacturing deviations of the sort 

 

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requiring investigation hereunder); (iv) any consent decree; or (v) violations of any of the Product quality provisions of this Agreement.

 

3.5.2.                  To the extent BVL does not already have copies, Customer shall provide BVL with copies of all Agency approval letters for Product for both clinical studies and commercial use.  In addition, Customer shall provide BVL, on an annual basis, with its anticipated schedule of material Agency regulatory filings for the next two (2) calendar years.  BVL acknowledges that such schedule may change at any time.

 

3.5.3.                  BVL will provide, at Customer’s request, a copy of the BVL Drug Master Files (DMFs) and authorization for FDA to access the DMFs.  This may be used by the Customer only to prepare any required Regulatory filing.  Any other use of the DMF shall require BVL’s prior written approval.

 

3.6.                            Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance.

 

3.6.1.                  Dispensing and other Manufacturing operations are to be performed by BVL using appropriate safety measures and containment techniques as dictated by Applicable Law and industry standards.  BVL shall be solely responsible for implementing and maintaining health and safety procedures for the Manufacture of Product and performance of services under this Agreement and for the handling of any materials or hazardous waste used in or generated by such activities.  BVL, in consultation with Customer, shall develop safety and handling procedures for API and Product; provided, however, that Customer shall have no responsibility for BVL’s health and safety program.  The generation, collection, storage, handling, transportation, movement and release of hazardous materials and waste generated in connection with the Manufacture of Product and other services under this Agreement shall be the responsibility of BVL at BVL’s cost and expense, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Parties for special situations or conditions.  Without limiting other legally applicable requirements, BVL shall prepare, execute and maintain, as the generator of waste, all licenses, registrations, approvals, authorizations, notices, shipping documents and waste manifests required under Applicable Law.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Customer shall be solely responsible for the disposal of any waste generated by Customer disposition of Customer-supplied Composition or finished Product.

 

3.6.2.                  Customer has established a program for systematic assessment of its suppliers’ EHS programs (“TPM EHS Assessment Program”) and BVL agrees to participate and reasonably cooperate with Customer in effectively implementing this TPM EHS Assessment Program.

 

3.6.3.                  BVL will review Customer’s TPM EHS Assessment Program and, if applicable, provide quotations for additional resources required to address the program.  BVL policies will govern except in the event that Customer is willing to bear the cost of compliance.  Specifically, BVL agrees to:

 

3.6.3.1.        Promptly respond to reasonable Customer requests for non-confidential information made as part of TPM EHS Assessment Program.  Customer will provide a questionnaire to BVL and BVL is expected to provide the complete response within thirty (30) calendar days;

 

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3.6.3.2.        Reasonably cooperate with Customer to clarify and supplement any information related to its facilities and operations; and

 

3.6.3.3.        Provide to Customer, upon request, copies of BVL’s environmental, health and safety permits required by any governmental authority which are associated with the Products and all facility operations related thereto.

 

3.6.4.                  BVL agrees that Customer or its appointed Agent(s) (which Agent shall be disclosed to BVL not less than 30-days in advance of an audit and which shall not be rejected by BVL in the absence of good cause shown) shall be entitled to conduct inspections and audits upon reasonable notice (at Customer’s cost) and mutually convenient times of any areas or facilities used to produce the Products or required for production of the Products, including for the following reasons:

 

3.6.4.1.        to assist in completion of TPM EHS Assessment Program described in this Section 3.6.2; and

 

3.6.4.2.        to allow for a loss prevention inspection of the Facility by Customer’s fire insurance underwriting company as necessary for Customer to obtain contingent business interruption insurance.

 

3.6.5.                  BVL shall take reasonable and appropriate precautions to ensure that its personnel (including its employees, contractors, and Agents) are protected from Product and/or the Product’s Manufacturing process exposures through either engineering infrastructure, personnel protective equipment or a combination of both.  Upon request, within 90 days, BVL shall provide workplace monitoring data which demonstrates the effectiveness of controls.  For testing of Customer-supplied Composition or API, Customer will provide sampling method and media to allow samples to be collected at Customer’s cost.  If testing methods for the API or Customer-supplied Composition in question are unavailable, surrogates may be used.  Workplace monitoring data will be performed in accordance with proposals provided to Customer.

 

3.7.                            Subcontractors. Neither Party may subcontract with any Third Party or use Agents to perform any of its obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other Party, provided that for the avoidance of doubt: (i) any rights of Customer to perform audits as authorized hereunder (and subject to the requirements of Section 3.6.4) are not subject to the foregoing, provided in any event that such auditor shall be required to enter into a reasonable and appropriate confidentiality agreement with BVL; and (ii) BVL shall have the right to subcontract nominal, non-Manufacturing Process tasks (such as pest control, cleaning, etc.).  In the event that a Party does subcontract with a permitted Third Party or Agent pursuant to this Section 3.7, it shall be solely responsible for the performance of any permitted subcontractor, and for costs, expenses, damages, or losses of any nature arising out of such performance as if such performance had been provided by itself under this Agreement.  Each Party shall cause any such permitted subcontractor and Agent to be bound by, and to comply with, all confidentiality, quality assurance, regulatory and other obligations and requirements as set forth in this Agreement.

 

3.8.                            Records. BVL shall keep complete and accurate records of (including, without limitation, reports, accounts, notes, data, and records of all information and results obtained from) all work done by it under this Agreement (collectively, the “Records”).  BVL shall not 

 

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transfer, deliver or otherwise provide any such Records to any Third Party, except to an Agency when requested by an Agency and on notice to Customer pursuant to Section 3.5, without the prior written approval of Customer.  While in the possession or control of BVL, Records shall be available during annual audits or as otherwise mutually agreed to times for inspection, examination and review by or on behalf of Customer and its Agents (which Agent shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 3.6.4 as well as a reasonable and appropriate confidentiality agreement).  All original Records of the Manufacture of Product hereunder shall be retained and archived by BVL in accordance with cGMP and Applicable Law, but in no case for less than a period of **** (****) years following completion of the applicable work or project. Upon Customer’s request, BVL shall promptly provide Customer with additional copies of such Records at Customer’s cost.  **** (****) years after completion of the applicable work or project or such longer period in accordance with cGMP and Applicable Law unless otherwise agreed to in advance by the Parties in writing all of the aforementioned records shall be destroyed unless Customer instructs BVL in writing as to a contrary disposition for such files.

 

3.9.                            Product and Process Failure.

 

3.9.1.                  Product shall be Manufactured in accordance with cGMP and the Manufacturing Process approved mutually by Customer and BVL.  Customer acknowledges that it is aware that in May 2011 and November 2011, BVL’s manufacturing facility was inspected by the United States Food and Drug Administration and by the European Medicines Agency in March 2011 and November 2011.  Customer further acknowledges that each of these inspections resulted in observations from the regulatory authority citing deviations from current Good Manufacturing Practices.  Customer acknowledges The European Medicines Agency and the Therapeutic Goods Administration have issued BVL short-dated, restricted GMP licenses.  Customer further acknowledges that it is aware BVL voluntarily suspended manufacturing at its site as of November 2011.  Customer has reviewed the records of inspection from the above mentioned regulatory authorities as well as BVL’s corrective action responses to the regulatory agencies and is satisfied that the corrective actions set forth in BVL’s corrective action plan should rectify the cGMP issues at the manufacturing facility that directly or indirectly affect Customer’s Product.  Each Batch of Product will be sampled and tested by BVL against the Specification.  The Quality Assurance Department of BVL will review the Records relating to the Manufacture of the Batch and will assess if the Manufacture has taken place in compliance with cGMP and the Manufacturing Process.

 

3.9.2.                  If, based upon such tests and/or review, a Batch of Product conforms to the Specification and was Manufactured according to cGMP and the Manufacturing Process, then a Certificate of Compliance will be generated and approved by the Quality Assurance Department of BVL.  This Certificate of Compliance, a Certificate of Analysis, if required, and a complete and accurate copy of the executed Batch records (collectively, the “Batch Records”) for each Batch of Product (including all the Batch documentation described in Attachment “D” to this Agreement) will be delivered to Customer in advance of Product shipment by a reputable overnight courier or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested to verify delivery date.  As Customer is aware, the European Medicines Agency and Therapeutic Goods Administration have issued BVL restricted, short-dated GMP licenses.  In addition, BVL’s GMP license in Canada has been restricted to medically necessary products.  Based on these restricted GMP licenses, BVL has modified its Certificate 

 

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of Compliance, a copy of which is included in Attachment “H”). Unless the Batch is shipped under quarantine, in the event that Customer has not received all such Batch Records at the time of receipt of BVL’s invoice for such Batch, Customer will notify BVL in writing, and unless the Batch (or a partial Batch) is shipped under quarantine, Customer shall be entitled to withhold payment until Customer receives the Batch Record.  In the event that Customer requires additional copies of the Batch Records, these will be provided by BVL to Customer at mutually agreed upon fees.

 

3.9.3.                  Customer will review the Batch Records for each Batch of Product and may test samples of the Batch of Product against the Specification.  Customer will notify BVL in writing of its lot disposition of such Batch within **** (****) calendar days of receipt of the complete Batch Records relating to such Batch.  If no acceptance or rejection in writing is received by BVL within **** (****) days, the Batch will be conclusively deemed accepted During this review period, the Parties agree to respond punctually, and shall endeavor in good faith to comply in the typical circumstance within five (5) calendar days, to any reasonable inquiry by the other Party with respect to such Batch Records.  Customer has no obligation to accept a Batch to the extent such Batch does not comply with the Specification, Applicable Law (for purposes solely due to BVL or BVL’s Manufacturing or services hereunder), and/or was not Manufactured in compliance with cGMP and the Manufacturing Process.

 

3.9.4.                  In case of any disagreement between the Parties as to whether Product conforms to the applicable Specification, a representative sample of such Product shall be submitted to an independent testing laboratory mutually agreed upon by the Parties for tests and final determination of whether such Product conforms to such Specification.  The laboratory must meet cGMP requirements, be of recognized standing in the pharmaceutical industry, and consent to the appointment of such laboratory shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed by either Party.  Such laboratory shall use the validated test methods contained in the applicable Specification.  The determination of conformance or not by such laboratory with respect to all or part of such Product shall be final and binding on the Parties.  The fees and expenses of the laboratory incurred in making such determination shall be paid by the Party against whom the determination is made.

 

3.9.5.                  Subject to Article 8, if BVL does not manufacture any Batch of Products according to GMP or the Manufacturing Process and the Product does not meet the requirements of this Agreement then BVL shall, after consultation with and written agreement from Customer:

 

3.9.5.1.        refund any Manufacturing fees and expenses paid by Customer to BVL on a pro rata basis over the usable portion for such Batch; or

 

3.9.5.2.        at BVL’s cost and expense produce a new Batch of Product as soon as reasonably possible; and

 

3.9.5.3           reimburse Customer for any loss of API or Customer-supplied Composition pursuant to the terms set forth in Section 8.5 to the extent the reimbursement is not provided in Section 3.9.5.1 or Section 3.9.5.2.

 

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3.9.6.                     BVL or Customer may postpone all scheduled Manufacture of the affected Product until such time as final disposition of rejected Batch(s) has been determined and complete Investigations have been finalized with root cause analysis and corrective actions determined to prevent further Batch rejections.  BVL shall without any undue delay perform all Investigations (including for such rejected Batches) diligently and expeditiously. The Parties will use good faith efforts to Investigate and perform corrective actions to address Batches for which any Batch Record indicates an out-of-profile condition as defined by generally accepted practice and mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Customer may request, in writing, that BVL continue to Manufacture Product pending its Investigation, and in the event that BVL elects to Manufacture Customer’s Product prior to the conclusion of an Investigation, then Customer shall assume financial responsibility in the event of further Batch rejection for similar reasons.  If Customer requests postponement until completion of the Investigation, there shall be no fees charged.

 

3.9.7.                     Moreover, the Parties shall meet to discuss, evaluate and analyze the reasons for and implications of the failure to meet the Specification or comply with the cGMP and/or the Manufacturing Process.

 

ARTICLE 4 -                         VOLUMES

 

4.1.                              Product Purchase and Supply Obligations.  BVL shall supply Customer with Customer’s Product as identified in Section 1.46 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for the Territory.  In the event that BVL, at any time during the term of this Agreement, has reason to believe that it will be unable to perform, or meet the requested delivery date, the Manufacturing of any Batch of Product or any other services under this Agreement, BVL shall promptly notify Customer thereof, but in any event, within **** (****) business days.

 

ARTICLE 5 -                         PURCHASE ORDERS

 

5.1.                              [Intentionally Omitted]

 

5.1.1.                     [Intentionally Omitted] .

 

5.1.2.                     [Intentionally Omitted] .

 

5.2.                              [Intentionally Omitted]

 

5.3.                              Purchase Orders.

 

5.3.1.                     Customer shall provide BVL with Purchase Orders for Products upon execution of this Agreement and BVL shall provide manufacturing dates once a restart timeline has been established.

 

5.3.2.                     [Intentionally Omitted]

 

5.3.3.                     Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that Customer, in its good faith judgment, determines that a Product, if Manufactured, will not be marketable in the Territory and that the cause for such non-marketability is solely and proximately the responsibility of BVL then the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to schedule Manufacturing of such effected Products as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

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5.4.                              Obligation of Supply.  BVL shall be obligated to Manufacture Product only in accordance with the Purchase Orders for the specific products and quantities listed in Section 1.46.

 

5.5.                              Additional Services.

 

5.5.1.                     [Intentionally Omitted].

 

5.5.2.                     In the event that Customer requests or an Agency requires additional services in support of Product, BVL will provide Customer with a quotation for such services.  BVL will provide such services only upon receipt from Customer of a binding Purchase Order referencing the quotation provided for the required service.

 

5.6.                              Supply of Composition.  It is BVL’s responsibility to: (a) maintain at all times a quantity of BVL-supplied Composition from mutually approved vendors sufficient to meet Purchase Orders, (b) notify Customer of its requirements of API and Customer-supplied Composition needed in order to fulfill its obligations hereunder API and Customer-supplied Composition shall be delivered to BVL not less than **** (****) days in advance of the scheduled Manufacturing Date.  Customer will provide adequate supply of reference standards for the foregoing upon request by BVL.  Customer will coordinate with BVL’s Materials Management Department on the specifics related to each shipment of Customer-supplied Composition.  BVL will be responsible to receive, sample, store and maintain the inventory at BVL in accordance with BVL SOP’s and mutually agreed to Specifications.

 

ARTICLE 6 -                         PRICE AND PAYMENT

 

6.1.                              Price and Shipment.

 

6.1.1.                     The prices to be paid by Customer for the services and/or quantities of Product purchased pursuant to Article 5 of this Agreement are specified in each Attachment “A#.5” (i.e. A1.5) or for other services in applicable quotations or proposals provided to Customer and confirmed by Customer’s Purchase Orders.

 

6.1.2.                     Delivery terms for Products shall be **** (Incoterms 2000). Customer shall assume title and risk of loss of the finished Product upon delivery to ****.  BVL shall ensure that each Batch shall be delivered to Customer, or Customer’s designee: (i) within **** (****) days in advance or **** (****) days after the requested delivery date or as otherwise mutually agreed to and to the destination designated by Customer on the Purchase Order; and (ii) in accordance with the instructions for shipping included on the Purchase Order and packaging specified in the Master Batch Record or as otherwise agreed to by the Parties in writing.  A bill of lading shall be furnished to Customer with respect to each shipment. Customer is responsible for all shipment costs and shipping charges will be paid directly by Customer.

 

6.2.                              Pricing

 

6.2.1.                     [Intentionally Omitted]

 

6.2.2.                     [Intentionally Omitted] .

 

6.2.3.                     [Intentionally Omitted].

 

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6.3.                              Payment of Invoices.

 

6.3.1.                     [Intentionally Omitted]

 

6.3.2.                     [Intentionally Omitted]

 

6.3.3.                     [Intentionally Omitted]

 

6.4.                              [Intentionally Omitted]

 

6.5.                              Storage Fees. Customer is responsible for storage charges as specified in Attachment “C” for Product stored for more than **** (****) calendar days beyond BVL’s release of such Product the “Temporary Storage Period”.  Storage beyond the Temporary Storage period of Product in BVL’s warehousing Facilities must receive prior written approval from BVL.  Such approval will be granted only on a space-available basis.  At the expiration of the Temporary Storage Period, BVL shall ship the Product to Customer at Customer’s cost at the Customer’s shipping address listed on the applicable Purchase Order.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, at no time shall Customer incur or be responsible to pay any storage charges if the reason for such storage is an investigation pursuant to Paragraphs 3.5 or 3.6.

 

6.6.                              Stability Program.  During the term of this Agreement and upon Customer’s request and BVL’s written agreement, BVL will conduct and support, at Customer’s reasonable expense, all stability studies in progress or planned (e.g., NDA annual stability studies) as of the Effective Date until such studies are concluded.  Customer shall be responsible for all costs of conducting any stability studies.  Stability program costs will be covered in a separate quotation provided by BVL to Customer based on the agreed upon protocol.  Customer may also make arrangements for stability work to be performed at a facility other than BVL at Customer’s expense.

 

6.7.                              Inspection, Packaging and Labeling.  Customer shall be responsible for and bear all costs associated with the design, quality release and regulatory approval of all labeling and packaging materials for Product.  Customer shall perform its design, development, quality release and regulatory approval obligations hereunder in a timely manner sufficient for BVL to satisfy its Manufacturing obligations hereunder for Product.  Labeling and packaging developed by Customer will conform to labeling and packaging Specification mutually agreed to in writing by the Parties and will conform to all Applicable Law.

 

6.8.                              Weekly Payments by BVL.  Commencing on the seventh (7th) calendar day following the execution of this Agreement, BVL agrees to make Weekly Payments on such date and on each successive seventh (7 th) day thereafter, consisting of Transition Definity Payments and Transition Campaign Payments, each as described below, to Customer (“Weekly Payments”), not to exceed a maximum aggregate payment of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (the “Maximum Weekly Payment Cap”).  If the date of payment for any of the Weekly Payments falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or bank holiday, payment shall be made on the first business day following the weekend or holiday

 

6.8.1.                     Transition Definity Payments: BVL agrees to pay Customer **** Dollars ($****) per week until the earlier of (a) **** (****) days following BVL’s release to Customer of **** of the Definity Product Identified in Attachment A7.1 produced pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, provided such lot is not rejected pursuant to

 

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this Agreement in good faith by Customer during this **** (****) day period; (b) Customer’s release to distribution of **** of Definity produced by BVL pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; or (c) the aggregate Transition Definity Payments made by BVL reach the Maximum Weekly Payment Cap.

 

6.8.2.                     Transition Campaign Payments: Should the Transition Definity Payments end for the reasons stated in subparagraph 6.8.1, then starting **** (****) calendar days after the last Transition Definity Payment, BVL agrees to pay Customer **** dollars ($****) per week until the earlier of: (a) **** (****) days following BVL’s release to Customer of the final lot of Products produced by BVL, provided such final lots are not rejected pursuant to this Agreement in good faith by Customer during this **** (****)  day period; (b) Customer’s release to distribution of the final lot of Products produced by BVL; or (c) the aggregate Transition Definity Payments plus the Transition Campaign Payments made by BVL reach the Maximum Weekly Payment Cap.  Should the Transition Definity Payments end because the aggregate Transition Definity Payments made by BVL reach the Maximum Weekly Payment Cap as stated in subparagraph 6.8.1, BVL shall have no obligation to make any Transition Campaign Payments.  In addition, should the Transition Definity Payments end for the reasons stated in subparagraph 6.8.1(a) and such lot is rejected by Customer within the ****-day period described above before Customer’s release to distribution of one lot of Definity produced by BVL, BVL shall make a true up payment under Section 6.8.1, within **** (****) business days of BVL’s receipt of notice of such rejection, as if such Transition Definity Payments had not ended and will continue to make such payments under Section 6.8.1 until such time as the conditions set forth above have been met.

 

6.8.3.                     Method of Weekly Payments:  BVL shall execute a wire transfer for the Weekly Payments so that each of the Weekly Payments shall be received by LMI by 10:00 AM EST, using the following information unless modified by LMI:

 

Wachovia Bank (a division of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.)
 ABA # #########
 Account #  #########
 FBO: Lantheus Medical Imaging
 Lantheus Contact: Charlie Lichtmann, ###-###-####

 

ARTICLE 7 -                         QUALITY AGREEMENT

 

7.1.                              Quality Agreement.  Certain quality matters relating to Product are included in the Quality Agreement which is attached and incorporated herein by reference as Attachment “E.”  If any provision of the Quality Agreement is irreconcilably inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail with respect to commercial issues, and the Quality Agreement shall prevail with respect to cGMP issues.

 

ARTICLE 8 -                         INDEMNIFICATION

 

8.1.                              Customer Indemnity.  Customer hereby holds harmless and indemnifies BVL, its Affiliates and its and their directors, officers, employees and agents (the “BVL Indemnitees”) against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, reasonable costs and expenses whatsoever, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and the cost of recalls and any and all

 

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amounts reasonably paid in settlement of any claim or litigation, any settlement payments subject Section 8.3 below, (collectively, “Losses”) incurred by any BVL Indemnitee in investigating, preparing, or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened by a Third Party, or any other claim, demand or proceeding of a Third Party (collectively, “Claims”), based on, resulting from, arising out of or in connection with any actual or alleged: (a) personal injuries and/or death resulting from, arising out of or in connection with any distribution or sale of a Product by Customer, its Affiliates or its distributors, including, without limitation, Claims based on negligence, warranty, strict liability or any other theory of liability or violation of any Applicable Law; (b) breach by Customer of its representations, warranties or covenants hereunder; or (c) negligent act or the willful misconduct of any Customer Indemnitees in performing Customer’s obligations under this Agreement; (d) Customer’s API and any Customer supplied Composition, materials, Equipment, Specifications, formulations, marketing, labeling, design, instructions, handling and/or storage; except, in each case, to the comparative extent such Claim arose out of or resulted from a matter for which BVL is responsible therefore pursuant to Section 8.2.

 

8.2.                              BVL Indemnity. BVL hereby holds harmless and indemnifies Customer, its Affiliates and its and their directors, officers, employees and agents (the “Customer Indemnitees”) against any and all Losses incurred by any Customer Indemnitee in preparing, or defending against any Claims based on, resulting from, arising out of or in connection with any actual or alleged: (a) personal injuries and/or death that are proximately caused (as defined under Delaware law) by a Manufacturing Defect (as hereinafter defined); (b) breach by BVL of its representations, warranties or covenants hereunder, including personal injuries and/or death claims; (c) any recall pursuant to Article 25 of this Agreement due to BVL’s negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of any covenant, representation or warranty in this Agreement; or (d) negligent act or the willful misconduct of any BVL Indemnitees in performing BVL’s obligations under this Agreement except, in each case, to the comparative extent such Claim arose out of or resulted from a matter for which Customer is responsible therefor pursuant to Section 8.1. For the purposes of this Section 8.2, “Manufacturing Defect” means the negligence, recklessness (having a baseline not less than negligence), wrongful intentional acts or negligent omissions, or strict liability of or by BVL or its Affiliates or its Agents resulting from, or arising out of or in connection with the Manufacture of a Product by BVL.

 

8.3.                              Indemnification Procedures.  Any BVL Indemnitees or Customer Indemnitees (collectively, “Indemnitees”) seeking indemnification under Section 8.1 or 8.2, agrees to notify the indemnifying Party within ten (10) business days of receipt of any Claims, demands or threats of suit for which such Party may be liable under Section 8.1 or 8.2 as the case may be; provided, however, that failure to give such notification shall not affect the indemnification to be provided hereunder except to the extent the indemnifying Party shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure (except that the indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any expenses incurred during the period in which the Indemnitee(s) failed to give such notice).  The indemnifying Party shall have the right, but not the obligation, to defend, to employ counsel of its choosing, to control, to negotiate, and to settle such claims; provided, however, that the Indemnitee(s) shall be entitled to participate in the defense of such matter and to employ counsel at its expense to assist therein.  The Indemnitee(s) shall provide the indemnifying Party with such information and assistance as the indemnifying Party may reasonably request, at the expense of the indemnifying Party.  The Parties understand that no insurance deductible shall be credited against losses for which a Party is responsible under this Article 8.  No indemnifying Party under Section 8.1 or 8.2 may compromise or settle any Claim or pay any settlement amount in the connection with the compromise or settlement of

 

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any Claim without the prior written consent of Indemnitee, such written consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

8.4.                              Insurance.  Customer and BVL will each, at its own cost and expense, obtain and maintain in full force and effect, during the term of this Agreement and for a period of one year following the expiration or other termination of this Agreement, Commercial General Liability insurance, written on the standard approved Policy Form, and Blanket Contractual Liability, with limits of liability of not less than $**** Combined Single Limit Bodily Injury and Property Damage covering its duties and obligations under the Agreement.  The coverage limits may be provided, individually or jointly, through a combination of Primary, Excess/Umbrella or Self-Insured Retention.  The Parties further understand and agree that the insurance limits identified herein shall not act as a bar to any recovery.

 

8.5.                              Specific Limitation of Liability for Process-Related (i.e., during Manufacturing) Losses.

 

8.5.1.                     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any collateral documents hereunder (invoices, purchase orders, etc.), the Parties acknowledge and agree that BVL’s sole liability to Customer for in-process Manufacturing losses (i.e. loss of API,  or Customer-supplied Composition) is set forth exclusively in this section 8.5.  Except for Batches of Definity (where the maximum liability shall be $****), BVL agrees to reimburse Customer up to a maximum of $**** per Batch pro-rated over the usable portion of the Batch, if applicable, for any loss of API or Customer-supplied Composition for each Batch that does not meet Specification or was not Manufactured in accordance with the Manufacturing Process or cGMP and therefore can not be released; provided that the loss of such materials can be shown after Investigation to be caused solely and directly by: (a) the failure of BVL to follow its SOP’s; or (b) BVL’s negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement; or (c) BVL’s willful misconduct, where, solely for purposes of this Section 8.5.1, such “willful misconduct” shall have the meaning set forth under Delaware law.  In the absence of a showing of (a), (b) or (c), above, then BVL shall have no liability to Customer for such Batch of Product.  In addition to this payment, BVL will be responsible for all Manufacturing fees incurred during the Manufacture of the failed Batch, pro-rated over the usable portion of the Batch, if applicable.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any declared value of API costs in excess of $**** or $****, as applicable, or the insurance levels identified in Section 8.4 or elsewhere, in no event shall BVL’s liability to Customer for in-process loss of API or Customer-supplied Composition be in excess of $**** or $****, as applicable, per Batch.

 

8.6.                              LIABILITY LIMITATION.

 

8.6.1.                     ELECTION OF REMEDIES. SECTION 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 8.2, 8.5, 8.6.3, 25.1 AND 34 ARE CUSTOMER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY PRODUCT THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS CONTAINED IN THE MASTER BATCH RECORD AND/OR WERE NOT MANUFACTURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.

 

8.6.2.                     SPECIAL DAMAGES. NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS, LOST MARKET SHARE OR DAMAGES STEMMING FROM AN INTERRUPTION OF SUPPLY

 

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ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (THE “SPECIAL DAMAGES”).

 

8.6.3.                     AGGREGATE AGREEMENT CAP ON COSTS, LOSSES, EXPENSES, DAMAGES AND MAXIMUM WEEKLY PAYMENT CAP. THE PARTIES RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS ARTICLE 8 ATTEMPTS TO EQUITABLY ALLOCATE RISK WITH RESPECT TO EACH PARTIES’ RESPECTIVE INTEREST IN THE AGREEMENT AND THAT THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN ARE COMPROMISES.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY SET FORTH HEREIN, BVL’S TOTAL MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED A TOTAL AGGREGATE CAP OF FIVE MILLION DOLLARS (USD$5,000,000).  THIS CAP ON DAMAGES AND LIABILITY (THE “BVL CAP”) IS INTEGRAL TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE AGREEMENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED IN ITS ABSENCE.

 

8.6.4.                                                            EXCEPTIONS TO LIABILITY CAP.  THE BVL CAP SHALL NOT APPLY TO DAMAGES RESULTING FROM: BREACHES BY A PARTY OF A DUTY IMPOSED UNDER ARTICLE 9 (CONFIDENTIALITY), SECTION 11 (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY), OR DUE TO A PARTY’S WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR FRAUD.  FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE PARTIES EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT BVL’S OFFERING TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT GIVEN BVL’S CURRENT AND POTENTIAL REGULATORY SITUATION AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THAT ON BVL’S ABILITY TO MANUFACTURE AND DELIVER PRODUCT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT SERVE AS THE BASIS OF ANY CLAIM FOR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, FRAUD OR FRAUD IN THE INDUCEMENT.

 

8.6.5.                     INTEGRAL PROVISIONS.  THESE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 8.6 SHALL APPLY, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. SUCH LIMITED WARRANTIES, LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS ARE INTEGRAL PARTS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

 

ARTICLE 9 -                         CONFIDENTIALITY

 

9.1.                              Confidential Information. As used in this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means any scientific, technical, trade, business or proprietary information related to the subject of the Agreement, irrespective of whether in human or machine-readable form, tangible or intangible, (a) which is or has been given by the Disclosing Party to the Receiving Party or otherwise acquired or perceived by the Receiving Party from the Disclosing Party; or (b) which was developed by BVL for Customer under the terms of the Manufacturing Agreement or is developed by BVL for Customer under the terms of this Agreement.  Confidential Information does not include information that: (a) is lawfully in the possession of the Receiving Party, without restriction as to confidentiality or use, at the time of disclosure by the Disclosing Party, as demonstrated by competent written records of the Receiving Party; (b) is or later becomes part of the public domain through no fault of the Receiving Party (i.e., other than by breach of this Agreement by the Receiving Party); (c) is received, without restriction as to confidentiality or use, by the Receiving Party from a Third Party lawfully entitled to possession of such Confidential Information and who does not violate any contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation to the Disclosing Party by providing such Confidential Information to the Receiving Party; or (d)

 

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is developed independently by the Receiving Party without any use of, or access or reference to, or reliance on, the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, in whole or in part.  Disclosing Party is not obligated to mark information as “CONFIDENTIAL” for such information to be deemed Confidential Information under this Agreement.  Confidential Information of BVL includes, but is not limited to, BVL Technology, BVL Improvements, BVL pricing information and capabilities/capacities.  Confidential Information of Customer includes, but is not limited to, Customer Technology, Customer Inventions and Customer Improvements.  This Agreement shall not be construed as a grant of any right or license to the Receiving Party with respect to Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party or as a requirement of either Party to enter into any further arrangement with respect to Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party.

 

9.2.                              Disclosure and Use. The Receiving Party shall: (a) maintain the confidentiality of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; (b) not disclose the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information to any Third Party without the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party; and (c) use the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information only as necessary to fulfill its obligations or in the reasonable exercise of rights granted to it hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Receiving Party may disclose: (i) Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to its Affiliates, and to its and their directors, employees, consultants, and Agents provided, that in each case such individuals and entities have a specific need to know such Confidential Information and are previously bound by written obligation of confidentiality and restriction at least as rigorous as those set forth herein; (ii) Improvements or Inventions owned by the Receiving Party to the extent required to exploit the grant of its rights under Article 11 of this Agreement; and (iii) Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to the extent such disclosure is required to comply with Applicable Law or to defend or prosecute litigation; provided, however, that prior to any such use or disclosure in accordance with Applicable Law, the Receiving Party shall provide written notice of such potential disclosure to the Disclosing Party (which shall include a copy of any applicable subpoena or order), and cooperate with Disclosing Party’s requests and lawful decision to avoid or minimize the degree of such disclosure.  Receiving Party shall permit the Disclosing Party the opportunity, if desired, to seek an appropriate protective order or other confidential treatment or remedy with respect to narrowing the scope of such use or disclosure.  Upon request, the Receiving Party shall return all copies of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information to the Disclosing Party

 

9.3.                              Publicity. Neither Party will issue any press release or other public announcement concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party, except where such announcements are required by Applicable Law or the rules of any stock exchange or NASDAQ provided, however, that prior to any announcement in accordance with Applicable Law or rules, the disclosing Party shall provide written notice of such potential announcement to the other Party, and cooperate with the other Party’s requests and lawful decision to avoid or minimize the degree of such disclosure.  Such other Party shall permit the disclosing Party the opportunity, if desired, to seek an appropriate protective order or other confidential treatment or remedy with respect to narrowing the scope of such announcement.  Product labeling (primary, secondary, and any insert) and government filings may indicate that Product has been Manufactured for Customer by BVL.

 

9.4.                              Customer’s Agents.  In the event that Customer desires for its Agents to perform an audit at the Facility and/or otherwise enter upon the Facility, then prior to any such visit, such Agent shall either be required to enter into an agreement with BVL in which it agrees to comply with the confidentiality obligations, restrictions and responsibilities imposed upon

 

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Customer in this Section.  In BVL’s discretion, such agreement shall be acknowledged by Customer denoting that the individual identified thereon is Customer’s Agent.

 

9.5 Non-Disclosure of Customer’s Confidential Information to Third Parties or Bedford Laboratories. The Parties acknowledge that the actual Manufacturing Process may be performed by employees that perform routine and normal manufacturing services (e.g., in filling, packaging, sterile rooms, shipping, etc.) and who also perform similar services for BVL’s other third-party customers and for Bedford Laboratories. Notwithstanding the foregoing, BVL agrees that it shall not disclose Customer’s Confidential Information or Customer Technology to any Third Party or Affiliate of BVL, including any personnel of Bedford (except for those manufacturing employees referenced in the preceding sentence that require the use of such Customer Confidential Information or Customer Technology in order to Manufacture Product).

 

9.6 Notice to Senior Scientists and Manufacturing Personnel who Separate Employment with BVL. For senior members of BVL’s Product and Process Development (PPD) Department and Manufacturing Department who separate employment from BVL, BVL shall, when it determines appropriate in its sole discretion, send a copy of such individual’s “Invention & Secrecy Agreement” agreement to both the individual and his/her new company (if known). The cover letter enclosing the Invention & Secrecy Agreement shall remind the former employee and his/her new employer of the confidentiality, non-use and non-disclosure obligations pertaining to BVL and it’s customer’s confidential and proprietary information.

 

ARTICLE 10 - REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

10.1.                        Representations of BVL. Subject to the qualifications set forth in the recitals, BVL represents, warrants and covenants to Customer that:

 

10.1.1.  (a) it has the full power and right to enter into this Agreement and that there are no outstanding agreements, assignments, licenses, encumbrances or rights of any kind held by other parties, private or public, materially inconsistent or conflict with the provisions of this Agreement; and (b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of such Party’s obligations hereunder: and (c), other than the previously referenced findings of deviations by the United States Food and Drug Administration and by the European Medicines Agency at BVL’s manufacturing facility and the issuance by the European Medicines Agency and the Therapeutic Goods Administration of short-dated, restricted GMP licenses to BVL, there are no, and shall be no, liens, conveyances, mortgages, assignments, encumbrances, or other contacts or agreements that would prevent or materially impair such Party’s full and complete exercise of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

10.1.2.  the services provided by BVL shall be performed with requisite care, skill and diligence, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, Applicable Laws and industry standards, and by individuals who are appropriately trained and qualified;

 

10.1.3. the services provided by BVL, and the use, practice or exploitation of the BVL Technology, Customer Improvements, Customer Inventions and BVL Confidential Information, will not infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate any patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, or any other intellectual property rights of any Third Party in the Territory and it will promptly notify Customer in writing should it become aware of any claims asserting such infringement, misappropriation or violation; and

 

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10.1.4. at the time of delivery to Customer, Product Manufactured under this Agreement: (i) will have been Manufactured in accordance with cGMP and all other Applicable Laws, the Manufacturing Process, the requirements of the Quality Agreement, and the Specifications, and shall be free of any manufacturing defects, (ii) will not be adulterated or misbranded under the FDCA or other Applicable Law; and (iii) will be provided free and clear of any liens and encumbrances of any kind; (e) it has not been debarred, nor is it subject to a pending debarment, and that it shall not use in any capacity in connection with the services provided under this Agreement any person who has been debarred pursuant to section 306(b)(1)(B) of the FDCA (or who is the subject of a conviction described in such section) and will provide a certification that it has not, does not and will not use in any capacity the services of any person debarred under Section 306(b) of the FDCA in connection with the Manufacture of the Products.  BVL agrees to inform Customer in writing Immediately if BVL or any person who is performing services on its behalf under this Agreement is debarred or is the subject of a conviction described in section 306(b), or if any action, suit, claim, investigation, or proceeding is pending relating to the debarment or conviction of BVL or any person performing such services.

 

10.2.                        Representations of Customer. Customer represents, warrants and covenants to BVL that:

 

10.2.1.  (a) it has the full power and right to enter into this Agreement and that there are no outstanding agreements, assignments, licenses, encumbrances or rights held by other parties, private or public, inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; and (b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of such Party’s obligations hereunder:  (i) do not conflict with or violate any requirement of Applicable Law; (ii) do not, and will not conflict with or otherwise interfere with resulting in a violation, breach, or default under, or require any consent that has not been obtained under any contact or agreement between such Party or any of its Affiliates, Agents and any third party; and (iii) there are no, and shall be no, liens, conveyances, mortgages, assignments, encumbrances, or other contacts or agreements that would prevent or impair such Party’s full and complete exercise of the terms and conditions of this Agreement;

 

10.2.2. the use, practice or exploitation of Customer Technology, Customer Improvements, and Customer Confidential Information in the performance of services under this Agreement will not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, or other intellectual property rights of any Third Party and that it will promptly notify BVL in writing should it become aware of any claims or threats asserting such infringement, misappropriation or violation;

 

10.2.3. that the API and Customer-supplied Composition shall be free of defects of any kind, shall not be adulterated, shall conform to applicable Specifications and will be provided to BVL free and clear of any liens and encumbrances; and

 

10.2.4. Customer’s further distribution of the Product will not cause the Product to be adulterated or misbranded under the FDCA or other Applicable Law.

 

10.3.                        Additional Representations of Customer in the event that Product(s) will be Offered for Sale, Sold, Marketed within the Member States of the European Union.  In the event that the Territory includes the European Union (“EU”) or any member states thereof,

 

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then in addition to all other warranties and representations set forth herein, Customer also represents and warrants that Customer shall be responsible for the release of the Products in the European Union in compliance with all applicable EU Directives and Standards.  It is Customer’s obligation to notify BVL as to whether the Territory for any Product includes an EU member nation, or if a country within the Territory subsequently becomes a member of, or subject to, the European Union.

 

ARTICLE 11 -  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

11.1.                        Customer Technology.  All rights, title and interests in and to Customer Technology and Customer’s Other Inventions (as defined below) shall remain solely in Customer and no right, title or interest therein or thereunder is transferred or granted to BVL, except as set forth in the following sentence.  BVL acknowledges and agrees that it does not acquire a license or any other right to Customer Technology except for the limited purpose of carrying out its duties and obligations under this Agreement and that such limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable license shall (i) expire upon the completion of such duties and obligations or the termination or expiration of this Agreement, whichever is the first to occur, and (ii) does not require disclosure of any Customer Technology to any other persons or entities.  Except as provided in Section 3.7 or Section 9.4, under no circumstances shall BVL share, convey, license, or otherwise transfer any Customer Technology or Customer’s Other Inventions to any BVL Affiliate or BVL Agent

 

11.2.                        BVL Technology.  All rights, title, and interests in and to BVL Technology shall remain solely in BVL and no right, title or interest therein is transferred or granted to Customer, except as set forth in the following two sentences.  Customer acknowledges and agrees that it shall not acquire a license or any other right to BVL Technology except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement.  BVL shall not incorporate any BVL Technology into any Inventions hereunder without the prior written consent of Customer, and, if BVL does incorporate any BVL Technology into any Inventions, absent an agreement to the Parties to the contrary, Customer is granted a royalty-free, fully paid-up, sublicensable (solely for the Product), license to freely use (solely for the Product), practice and otherwise exploit the BVL Technology (solely for the Product).  For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that BVL incorporates BVL Technology into the Product, the foregoing grant shall be for the benefit of Customer and solely for the benefit of the Product, and shall not be utilized for any other product, whether by Customer or any of Customer’s Agents.

 

11.3.                        Customer Improvements.

 

11.3.1. Customer shall own all right, title and interest in and to all inventions, discoveries, developments, improvements, new uses, processes, know-how, compounds, compositions, or syntheses that are conceived, reduced to practice or first demonstrated to have utility in the course of activities under this Agreement or the Manufacturing Agreement and that are API or Product-specific or are specific to the use of the API for use in the same therapeutic class, including but not limited to any process for making any Product, any use of any Product, any method of analyzing or characterizing any Product or any Product formulation, and any analysis or characterization of any Product or any Product formulation (collectively, “Customer Inventions”).  As used in this Agreement, “Product-specific” shall mean relating to the Products, any intermediates or derivatives thereof, and the Manufacturing thereof but not routine manufacturing processes which are not specific to the Manufacturing of Product.

 

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11.4.                        BVL Improvements.

 

11.4.1. BVL shall own all right, title and interest in and to all inventions, discoveries, developments, improvements, new uses, processes, know-how, compounds, compositions, or syntheses that are conceived, reduced to practice or first demonstrated to have utility in the course of activities under this Agreement or the Manufacturing Agreement and that are conceived, reduced to practice or first demonstrated to have utility in the course of activities under this Agreement or the Manufacturing Agreement and that relate to BVL’s Technology, BVL Confidential Information or BVL Improvements but are not Product-specific (collectively, “BVL Inventions”). For the avoidance of doubt, where an invention relates to both the BVL’s technology, equipment or equipment processes and to a Product or a Product formulation (e.g., a complex between a Product and a proprietary complexing agent of BVL), such invention to the extent it is “Product-specific” shall be a Customer Invention.

 

11.4.2. Ownership of any Invention which is not a Customer Invention or a BVL Invention (“Other Invention”) shall be as follows: (x) where such Other Invention is jointly conceived, reduced to practice or first demonstrated to have utility under this Agreement or the Manufacturing Agreement by: (i) one or more employees, consultants or Agents of a Party or an Affiliate of such Party; and (ii) one or more employees, consultants or Agents of the other Party or an Affiliate of such other Party, such Other Invention shall be jointly owned by the Parties, and (y) where such Other Invention is conceived, reduced to practice or first demonstrated to have utility solely by an employee, consultant or Agent of a Party or an Affiliate of that Party, such Other Invention shall be owned by such Party.

 

11.4.3. The inventorship of all Inventions conceived, reduced to practice or first demonstrated to have utility in the course of activities under this Agreement will be determined in accordance with United States laws for inventorship. Each party hereby agrees to disclose to the other Party promptly and in writing all Inventions conceived or reduced to practice or first demonstrated to have utility in the course of activities under this Agreement by any employee, consultant or Agent of a Party or its Agents. BVL hereby assigns to Customer all right, title and interest of BVL in or to any Customer Inventions. Customer hereby assigns to BVL all right, title and interest of Customer in or to any BVL Inventions. Each Party shall cooperate (and cause its Agents and all employees to cooperate) with the other Party in taking all steps and actions (including but not limited to maintaining in confidence any Inventions that constitute trade-secrets, and executing appropriate documentation in connection with the filing of any patent application(s) on any Invention of the other Party) which such Party believes reasonably necessary or desirable to apply for and/or maintain intellectual property protection for the benefit of Customer or BVL as the case may be in any country, or to perfect or enforce such Party’s ownership and right in the Inventions; provided, however, that the costs and expenses for taking such steps and actions are borne by the Party seeking to obtain IP registration or protection.

 

ARTICLE 12 - TERM AND TERMINATION

 

12.1.                        Term. This Agreement shall become effective on the Effective Date and shall expire upon the earlier to occur of (a) the final release of the final Customer-accepted Batch of 

 

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Product listed in Attachment A#-1, which acceptance or rejection shall not be unreasonably withheld or unreasonably delayed, or (b) December 31, 2013.

 

12.2.                        [Intentionally Omitted]

 

12.3.                        Termination for Breach. Either Party may terminate this Agreement for a material breach or default by the other Party by giving the breaching Party written notice, specifying the breach or default, and giving the breaching Party thirty (30) days to cure such breach or default. For the avoidance of doubt either Party may terminate with respect to any individual Product which termination shall not effect the viability of the Agreement with respect to any remaining Products. If the breach or default has not been cured within thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice the Non-Defaulting Party shall be entitled, without prejudice, to terminate this Agreement; provided, however, that if such breach or default reasonably cannot be cured within such 30 day period, then upon the mutual agreement of the Parties the Defaulting Party may be granted an additional period of time during which it shall exercise reasonably diligent efforts to cure such breach, and the Non-Defaulting Party shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement under this Section during any such mutually agreed extended cure period. Termination for breach or default will have no effect on performance obligations or amounts to be paid which have accrued up to the effective date of such termination. Customer acknowledges that it is aware that in May 2011 and November 2011, BVL’s manufacturing facility was inspected by the United States Food and Drug Administration and by the European Medicines Agency in March 2011 and November 2011.  Customer further acknowledges that each of these inspections resulted in observations from the regulatory authority citing deviations from current Good Manufacturing Practices.  Customer acknowledges The European Medicines Agency and the Therapeutic Goods Administration have issued BVL short-dated, restricted GMP licenses.  Customer further acknowledges that it is aware BVL voluntarily suspended manufacturing at its site as of November 2011.  Customer has reviewed the records of inspection from the above mentioned regulatory authorities as well as BVL’s corrective action responses to the regulatory agencies and is satisfied that the corrective actions set forth in BVL’s corrective action plan should rectify the cGMP issues at the manufacturing facility that directly or indirectly affect Customer’s Product.  Based on the foregoing, Customer acknowledges that the cGMP issues set forth above, as well as any prior deviations from cGMP by BVL, shall not constitute grounds for a claim of any breach of this Agreement, and Customer specifically waives any right to claim any breach under this Agreement based on any such prior deviations from cGMP.

 

12.4.                        Termination for Bankruptcy.  In the event of any proceedings, voluntary or involuntary, in bankruptcy or insolvency, by or against Customer or BVL, or the appointment with or without the Parties’ consent of a receiver for either Party, the other Party shall be entitled to immediately terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the other Party without any liability whatsoever, subject to the payments of liquidated damages, if any, set forth in Article 34 if BVL is the party in bankruptcy or insolvency.  Subject to the BVL Cap, such termination shall not affect any claim for damages available to the terminating Party or for costs or fees accrued to date.

 

12.5.                        Termination for Regulatory or Governmental Action.  In the event the Products or any Product, Manufacture, or BVL’s Facility are subject to an injunction, consent decree, administrative order or finding or any other regulatory or remedial action that prohibits or otherwise prevents BVL from manufacturing or distributing the Products or any Product for a period of more than (i) nine (9) months if such action occurs prior to April 1, 2013 or (ii) the balance of the term of this Agreement if such action occurs from and after April 1, 2013, then 

 

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BVL may terminate this Agreement with respect to the affected Products or Product by providing at least **** (****) days prior written notice to Customer which notice may be provided by BVL concurrent with such period.  In the event of a termination pursuant to this Section 12.5, then BVL shall pay Customer the liquidated damages, if any, set forth in Article 34.

 

12.6.                        Termination for Force Majeure. In the case of a Force Majeure (as defined herein) event that will, or continues to, prevent performance (in whole or substantial part) of this Agreement by a Party for a period of at least **** (****) months, the other Party shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement upon prior written notice to the affected Party without any liability whatsoever.

 

12.7.                        Termination based upon Wind-Down or Cessation of the Business.  In the event that BVL sells all or substantially all of the company’s assets, or otherwise ceases operations or takes material steps to wind-down its business, then, subject to the obligations set forth in Section 15.1, BVL may terminate this Agreement by providing **** (****) days prior written notice to Customer.  In the event of a termination pursuant to this Section 12.7, then BVL shall pay Customer the liquidated damages, if any, set forth in Article 34.

 

12.8.                        Consequences of Expiration/Termination.  In the event of any expiration or termination of this Agreement,  BVL shall perform such functions requested by Customer that are reasonably necessary or required in connection with the orderly conclusion of any active project as required by the terms of this Agreement and Applicable Law.

 

12.8.1. Promptly upon expiration or termination of this Agreement or at the request of the Disclosing Party, the Receiving Party shall return to the Disclosing Party all Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party in its possession.  Furthermore, BVL shall promptly return all Customer-supplied Composition, Customer-supplied Equipment, API, retained samples, reference standards, data, reports and other property, information and/or know-how in recorded form that was provided by Customer, or developed in the performance of the services under this Agreement, that are owned by or licensed to Customer, excepting that required to be retained by Applicable Law, litigation holds or for regulatory compliance.

 

12.8.2. [Intentionally Omitted]

 

12.8.3. BVL shall provide all reasonably requested assistance for technology transfer and otherwise to ensure the orderly transition of the Manufacturing and other services provided hereunder to an alternate source, which shall be provided at no cost to Customer provided, that no Confidential Information of BVL shall be disclosed to such alternate source, it being understood that any Product-specific information contained in the Master Batch Record for Product is not Confidential Information of BVL and may be disclosed to the alternate source; and upon the effective date of termination of this Agreement, Customer shall have no further obligation to BVL with respect to any Purchase Orders with delivery dates beyond such date and BVL will have no further obligations to Manufacture Product.

 

12.8.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if there is a termination event pursuant to Section 12.3 (Termination for Breach), Section 12.4 (Termination for Bankruptcy), Section 12.5 (Termination for Regulatory Action or Governmental Actions), or Section 12.7 (Termination based upon Wind-Down or Cessation of the 

 

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Business), then Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the payment of liquidated damages pursuant to Article 34.  Customer shall not be entitled to seek any other damages under Applicable Law.

 

12.9.                        Injunctive Relief for Certain Breach or Threatened Breach.  The Parties agree that should this Agreement be breached for reasons other than provided under Section 12.4 (Termination for Bankruptcy), Section 12.5 (Termination for Regulatory Action or Governmental Actions), Section 12.6 (Force Majeure) or Section 12.7 (Termination based upon Wind-Down or Cessation of the Business) that money damages may be inadequate to remedy such a breach.  As a result, the non-breaching Party shall be entitled to seek, and a court of competent jurisdiction may grant, specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy for any such breach or threatened breach of this Agreement.  Such remedy shall be in addition to all other remedies, including money damages (up to the BVL Cap), available to a non-breaching Party at law or in equity.

 

12.10.                  Survival.  Expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason shall not relieve either Party of any obligation arising under this Agreement that accrue prior to such expiration or termination or of any rights and obligations of the Parties that by their terms survive termination or expiration of this Agreement, including, without limitation, duties of confidentiality (Article 9), indemnification (Article 8), intellectual property rights (Article 11), consequences of termination (Sections 12.8, 12.9 and 12.10), notices (Article 13), governing law and jurisdiction (Article 16) and under the Quality Agreement (Attachment “E”) of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the obligations identified in this Paragraph 12.10 shall survive for a period of ten (10) years from any termination or expiration of this Agreement, unless specified otherwise in the applicable Articles and Sections.

 

ARTICLE 13 - NOTICES

 

13.1.                        All notices concerning this Agreement shall be given in writing, as follows:  (a) by actual delivery of the notice into the hands of the Party entitled to receive it, in which case such notice shall be deemed given on the date of delivery; (b) by Federal Express, UPS, DHL or any other overnight carrier, in which case the notice shall be deemed given two (2) business days from the date of delivery to such carrier or (c) by confirmed facsimile (followed by delivery of an original via overnight carrier), in which case the notice shall be deemed given on confirmation of transmission.  All notices which concern this Agreement shall be addressed as follows (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section):

 

If to BVL:

 

Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc.

300 Northfield Road

Bedford, Ohio 44146

Attn:  Vice President, Contract Manufacturing Services

Telephone: ###-###-####

Facsimile:  ###-###-####

 

Division Legal Counsel

 

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Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc.

300 Northfield Road

Bedford, Ohio 44146

Telephone: ###-###-####

Facsimile:  ###-###-####

 

If to Customer:

 

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.

331 Treble Cove Road

North Billerica, MA 08162

Attn:  General Counsel

Telephone: ###-###-####

Facsimile:  ###-###-####

 

With a copy (that shall not constitute legal notice) to:

 

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.

331 Treble Cove Road

North Billerica, MA 08162

Attn:  General Manager of Manufacturing

Telephone: ###-###-####

Facsimile:  ###-###-####

 

ARTICLE 14 - WAIVER

 

14.1.                        No failure on the part of either Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under this Agreement preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  The waiver of any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement must be in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving Party.  Any such waiver shall not be construed as a waiver of any other term, condition, or provision, nor as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same term, condition, or provision, except as provided in a signed writing.

 

ARTICLE 15 - ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT

 

15.1.                        Neither this Agreement, nor any rights or obligations hereunder, may be assigned by either Party hereto without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or unreasonably delayed; except that either Party may assign this Agreement, without the other Party’s prior written consent, to an entity that acquires all or substantially all of the business or assets of such Party to which this Agreement pertains (whether by merger, reorganization, acquisition, sale or otherwise); provided that, in the event of the acquisition or sale of BVL’s business or assets to which this Agreement pertains, and prior to such acquisition or sale, the successor party shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement specifically pertaining to the duties with respect to confidentiality (Article 9) and intellectual property rights (Article 11) set forth herein.  For the avoidance of doubt, it is the Parties’ specific intent to protect the Customer Technology 

 

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ARTICLE 16 - GOVERNING LAW

 

16.1.                        This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall be governed by Delaware law and, to the extent the laws of the State of Delaware are preempted or otherwise made inapplicable by federal law, the laws of the United States of America.  Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

16.1.1. agrees that any suit, action or legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be instituted in the United States District Court for Delaware, or if such court does not possess subject matter jurisdiction, of any type, or will not accept jurisdiction, in any court of general jurisdiction in Wilmington, Delaware;

 

16.1.2. consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such foregoing courts in any such suit, action or proceeding;

 

16.1.3. consents to personal jurisdiction in such courts;

 

16.1.4. waives any objection which it may have to laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in said courts; and

 

16.1.5. waives any claim or defense of inconvenient forum.

 

ARTICLE 17 - FORCE MAJEURE

 

17.1.                        No Party shall be liable for a failure or delay in performing any of its obligations under this Agreement (but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be liable for any performance actually rendered) if, and only to the extent that, such failure or delay (directly or indirectly) is due to causes beyond the reasonable control of the affected Party, including: (i) acts of God; (ii) fire, explosion, or unusually severe weather; (iii) war, whether declared or undeclared, invasion, riot or other material civil unrest; (iv) enactment or change of laws or regulations by any Agency or Government, conflict of laws or regulations by any Agency or government with the exception of enactments, changes or conflicts where notice of such enactments, changes or conflicts and a corresponding CAPA remediation plan cannot be satisfactorily agreed upon by BVL, Customer and the agency or government who enacted the change, orders, restrictions, actions, embargoes or blockages; (v) national or regional emergency; injunctions, strikes, lockouts, labor trouble or other industrial disturbances (regardless of the reasonableness of the demands of labor); or (vii) acts of terrorism (“Force Majeure”). For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree that an event shall only rise to the level of “Force Majeure” under section 17.1 (iv) when, following reasonable consultation with the other Party: (a) the Party claiming Force Majeure is substantially and materially prejudiced in its ability to comply with the requirements of this Agreement; (b) the claimed Force Majeure is due to an enactment or change of laws or regulations, and (c) performance is rendered impossible in the short-term or so manifestly burdensome that no reasonable pharmaceutical manufacturing facility of like size and circumstances to BVL would perform under such circumstances.  For the avoidance of doubt, termination for regulatory action pursuant to Section 12.5 is not considered a Force Majeure event.

 

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17.2.                        The Party whose performance of this Agreement is affected or potentially affected by a Force Majeure shall promptly notify the other Party of the Force Majeure condition, explaining the nature, details and expected duration thereof, and shall exert reasonable efforts to eliminate, cure or overcome any such condition and to resume performance of its obligations under this Agreement as soon as possible. Upon termination of the event of Force Majeure, the performance of any suspended obligation or duty shall promptly recommence.

 

ARTICLE 18 - TITLE OF GOODS

 

18.1.                        Title to API and Customer-supplied Composition shall remain with Customer at all stages of the Manufacturing Process and the foregoing shall be held in bailment by BVL.  BVL shall provide within the Facility an area or areas where the API, Customer-supplied Composition, Product, any intermediates (and components thereof), and any work in process are segregated and stored in accordance with the Specifications and cGMP, and in such a way as to be able at all times to clearly distinguish the same from products and materials belonging to BVL, or held by it for a Third Party’s account.

 

18.2.                        BVL shall at all times take such measures as are required to protect the API, Customer-supplied Composition, Product, and any work in process from risk of loss or damage at all stages of the Manufacturing Process. BVL shall ensure that the API, Customer-supplied Composition, Product, and any work in process are free and clear of any liens or encumbrances.  BVL shall Immediately notify Customer if at any time it believes any API, Customer-supplied Composition, Product or work in process have been damaged, lost or stolen.

 

ARTICLE 19 - ENTIRE AGREEMENT

 

19.1.                        This Agreement, together with the Attachments identified herein, embody the entire agreement and understanding between BVL and Customer relating to the Products, superseding the Manufacturing Agreement that was terminated pursuant to the Settlement Agreement with respect to such Product.  This Agreement is intended as a final expression of their agreement and as a complete statement of the Parties’ agreement regarding the Products subject to this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge the existence of two separate documents, the Settlement Agreement, which is a settlement agreement of the prior Manufacturing Agreement, and the Manufacturing and Service Contract for Commercial Products dated as of March 20, 2012 (the “New Manufacturing Agreement”), which is a similar manufacturing agreement for Product.  This Agreement is mutually exclusive from these other two agreements, and each of these agreements’ terms and conditions are independent and do not impact the other agreement in any manner.  In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any other writings relating to the Products (other than the Settlement Agreement and the New Manufacturing Agreement), the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall take precedence in any contract construction.  Other than the Settlement Agreement, which is independent and not impacted by the terms of this Agreement, this Agreement supersedes any previous agreements or arrangements between the Parties and any customary practice of the Parties at variance with the terms hereof.  Neither Party may rely upon oral representations that are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE 20 - SEVERABILITY

 

20.1.                        In the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith a valid, legal and enforceable substitute provision that most nearly reflects the original intent of the Parties and all other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the intentions of the Parties hereto as nearly as may be possible.

 

ARTICLE 21 - INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

 

21.1.                        Neither Party shall have the right to control the activities of the other in the performance of this Agreement and each shall perform as an independent contractor, and nothing herein shall be construed to be inconsistent with that relationship or status.  Under no circumstances shall the employees or Agents of one Party be considered employees or Agents of the other.  This Agreement shall not constitute, create, or in any way be interpreted as a joint venture, partnership, or formal business organization of any kind.

 

ARTICLE 22 - AMENDMENTS

 

22.1.                        No provision of this Agreement or the Attachments attached hereto may be modified or supplemented, except by an instrument in writing signed by both BVL and Customer.

 

ARTICLE 23 - HEADINGS AND CONSTRUCTION

 

23.1.                        The Article and Section headings appearing herein are included only for the convenience of reference and are not intended to affect the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.  As used herein, “including”, “includes” and derivates thereof shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation”.

 

ARTICLE 24 - REVIEW BY LEGAL COUNSEL

 

24.1.                        Each Party has carefully reviewed this Agreement, and understands its terms.  Each Party has been given sufficient opportunity to seek legal advice prior to signing this Agreement, and has either sought legal advice with counsel experienced in issues of confidentiality in regards to this Agreement, or has relied wholly upon that Party’s own judgment and knowledge in executing this Agreement.  Each Party fully understands and voluntarily accepts each and every provision contained in this Agreement.  Failure to seek legal advice prior to signing this Agreement does not excuse either Party from failure to understand the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.  This Agreement has been prepared on the basis of the mutual understanding of the Parties and in the event of an ambiguity, such ambiguity shall not be strictly construed against either Party as a drafter of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 25 - RECALL

 

25.1.                        In the event: (a) any Agency or governmental authority issues a request, directive, or order that Product be recalled; or (b) a court of competent jurisdiction orders such a recall; or (c) the Customer determines that the Product should be recalled or withdrawn, Customer, in cooperation with BVL, shall take all appropriate corrective action. Customer shall 

 

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also retain the right to conduct a Product recall for any safety reasons Customer deems significant.  In the event that Product is recalled or that Customer is required to disseminate information regarding Product covered by this Agreement, Customer shall so notify BVL and, not later than may be required to permit Customer to meet such obligations, BVL shall provide Customer with such assistance in connection with such recall as may reasonably be requested by Customer.  Customer shall consult with BVL prior to making any determination to recall Product if practicable.  BVL will be financially responsible for the costs of any recall or withdrawal (including but not limited to the actual cost of manufacturing the Product, through final packaging , pro-rated over the usable portion of the batch, if any ) to the extent its negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of any covenant, representation or warranty hereunder is responsible for such recall, provided, that, to the extent any recall or withdrawal includes any Batch(es) not yet released to Customer that are subject to Section 8.5, BVL’s liability for such un-released Batch(es) shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8.5 until such release. For the avoidance of doubt, the costs of recall shall be limited to direct costs and expenses associated with the recall (i.e., notices, collection, shipping, destruction) but shall specifically exclude lost profits, lost market share, interruption of business, harm to reputation, or any other indirect collateral cost, such as unrelated marketing, advertising, or any other cost, fee or charge not directly related the recall of Product.  For purposes of clarity, the Parties acknowledge that all potential claims under this Section 25.1 are subject to the BVL Cap.

 

ARTICLE 26 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE

 

26.1.                        This Agreement, all schedules, attachments, and exhibits hereto, and all reports, documents and notices required hereunder, referred to herein or requested by the Parties, in connection with this Agreement shall be written in the English language. Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, the binding version of all of the foregoing shall be the English version.

 

ARTICLE 27 - EXPORT PROVISION

 

27.1.                        Each Party agrees and understands that the information and any materials provided by the other Party under this Agreement are subject to United States laws and regulations, which may restrict certain exports, re-exports or other transfers to other countries and parties. Each Party agrees that no materials or information provided to it under this Agreement by the other Party will be exported re-exported, transferred or disclosed contrary to the applicable laws and regulations of the United States, or to any country, entity or other party which is ineligible to receive such items under U.S. laws and regulations, including the regulations of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Treasury.

 

ARTICLE 28 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

28.1.                        Each Party understands and acknowledges that the other Party individually or in collaboration with others may now or hereafter develop or market products which compete with its own products or services.  Subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in Article 9 and Section 2.3, nothing in this Agreement shall impair the right of either Party to develop, make, use, procure, or market other products or services now or in the future which may be competitive to those products or services offered by the other Party to this Agreement, including without limitation the Products Manufactured pursuant to this Agreement.  Neither Party is under a duty to disclose any planning or other information relating to competition with the other’s products or services.

 

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ARTICLE 29 -    CHANGE NOTIFICATION.

 

29.1. BVL shall notify Customer promptly of any change in ownership of BVL, and in no event later than three (3) days of such change being made public.

 

ARTICLE 30 -    BOOKS AND RECORDS.

 

30.1.       Any books and records to be maintained under this Agreement by a Party or its Affiliates shall be maintained in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied; except that the same need not be audited (but if any audits are conducted by a Party, the results of such audits shall be maintained along with such books and records).

 

ARTICLE 31 -    BINDING EFFECT.

 

31.1.       This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

ARTICLE 32 -    USE OF NAME AND RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.

 

32.1.       Except as otherwise provided herein, neither Party shall have any right, express or implied, to use in any manner the name or other designation or intellectual property of the other Party or its Affiliates or any other trade name or trademark of the other Party or its Affiliates for any purpose in connection with the performance of this Agreement or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE 33 -    COUNTERPARTS.

 

33.1.       This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which is an original, notwithstanding variations in format or file designation which may result from the electronic transmission, storage and printing of copies of this Agreement from separate computers or printers.

 

ARTICLE 34 -    LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.

 

34.1.       Liquidated Damages.  As set forth in Section 8.6.3, the parties recognize and acknowledge that each is seeking by this Agreement to equitably allocate risk with respect to each party’s respective interest in the Agreement.  For purposes of interpretation and to aid in any contract construction, the parties have elected to allocate a total BVL Cap on liability which serves to limit BVL’s aggregate liability but also serves to compel performance so as to avoid forfeiture should BVL inexcusably not perform its obligations under this Agreement.  As such, the limitations of liability and BVL Cap are highly negotiated and represent compromises between the parties, which the parties acknowledge are fair and reasonable under the present circumstances.  In light of the fact that breach and/or non-performance by BVL may cause Customer to incur economic damages and losses of types and in amounts which are difficult to ascertain with any certainty as a basis for recovery of actual damages, the parties have agreed for the payment of liquidated damages which each believes to represent a fair, reasonable and appropriate estimate thereof, as set forth herein. Such liquidated damages are intended to represent estimated actual damages as contemplated by the parties at the time of entering into this Agreement and are not intended as a penalty.

 

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34.2.       Calculation of Liquidated Damages.  In the event that BVL is unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement due to Section 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, or 12.7, then as Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy, it shall be entitled to seek, and BVL shall be obligated to pay, liquidated damages calculated as the difference between the BVL Cap and any payments or claims made under it.  For the avoidance of doubt, and solely for purposes of illustration, if BVL was not able to deliver any Product to Customer and there were no other claims against the BVL Cap, then the liquidated damages payable to Customer would be Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000).  By way of a second example, if Customer had received $**** for three Weekly Payments and had also been reimbursed $150,000 for API costs for failed batches, then the BVL Cap of $5,000,000 would be reduced by $****, thereby leaving $**** available for liquidated damages.  For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge that the Weekly Payments reduce the BVL Cap, and thereby also reduce the funds available for the potential liquidated damages.  In the event that the BVL Cap is reduced to zero ($0) for any reason, then the parties acknowledge and agree that the liquidated damages shall likewise be zero ($0).  The parties further acknowledge and agree that the liquidated damages provision shall not be deemed to have failed for any essential purpose or deprived Customer of any remedy because it was depleted, in whole or in part, by payments which reduced the BVL Cap.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement by their duly authorized representatives as of the dates set forth below:

 

	
BEN VENUE LABORATORIES, INC.
    	
 
    	
LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:   
    	
/s/   George Doyle
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Michael P. Duffy
    
	
Print:   
    	
George   Doyle
    	
 
    	
Print:
    	
Michael   P. Duffy
    
	
Title:   
    	
President,   CEO
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President and Secretary
    
	
Date   Signed: 
    	
3/20/12
    	
 
    	
Dated   Signed:
    	
3/20/2012
    
							

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:   
    	
/s/   William A. Owen
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Print:   
    	
William   A. Owen
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:   
    	
VP   Finance
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Date   Signed: 
    	
3/20/12
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
						

 

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