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Exhibit 10.7

 EXHIBIT 10.7 
  
 ASSIGNMENT 
 (Combined) 
  
 This ASSIGNMENT, by Thomas Piccariello, residing at
203 Murphy Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060; Lawrence P. Olon, residing at 306 Gateway Road, Bristol, Tennessee, and Randall J. Kirk, residing at P.O. Box 3526, Radford, Virginia, (hereinafter referred to as
“the Assignors”), witnesseth: 
  
 WHEREAS, the Assignor has invented
certain new and useful improvements in ACTIVE AGENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING AND ADMINISTERING ACTIVE AGENTS ACTIVE AGENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING AND ADMINISTERING ACTIVE AGENTS set forth in an
application,  ̈ which is a provisional application to be filed herewith; x which is a non-provisional
application having an oath or declaration executed on even date herewith prior to filing of application; x bearing Application No. 09/642,820 and filed on August 22, 1999; and 
  
 WHEREAS, Lotus Biochemical Corporation, a corporation duly organized under and
pursuant to the laws of, and having its principal place of business at 7335 Lee Highway, Radford, Virginia 24141 (hereinafter referred to as “the Assignee”), is desirous of acquiring the entire right, title, and interest in and to
said inventions, the right to file applications on said inventions and the entire right, title and interest in and to any applications, including provisional applications for Letters Patent of the United States or other countries claiming priority
to said application, and in and to any Letters Patent or Patents, United States or foreign, to be obtained therefor and thereon. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of One dollar ($1.00) and other good and sufficient consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Assignor has sold,
assigned, transferred, and set over, and by these presents does sell, assign, transfer, and set over, unto the Assignee, it successors, legal representatives, and assigns the entire right, title and interest in and to the above-mentioned inventions,
the right to file applications on said inventions and the entire right, title and interest in and to any applications for Letters Patent of the United States or other countries claiming priority to said application, and any and all Letters Patent or
Patents of the United States of America and all foreign countries that may be granted therefor and thereon, and in and to any and all applications claiming priority to said applications, divisions, continuations, and continuations-in-part of said
applications, and reissues and extensions of said Letters Patent or Patents, and all rights under the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the same to be held and enjoyed by the Assignee, for its own use and behalf and
the use and behalf of its successors, legal representatives, and assigns, to the full end of the term or terms for which Letters Patent or Patents may be granted as fully and entirely as the same would have been held and enjoyed by the Assignor had
this sale and assignment not be made; 
  
 AND for the same consideration, the
Assignor hereby covenants and agrees to and with the Assignee, its successors, legal representatives, and assigns, that, at the time of execution and delivery of these presents, the Assignor is the sole and lawful owner of the entire right, title
and interest in and to the inventions set forth in said applications and said applications, including provisional applications, above-mentioned, and that the same are unencumbered, and that the Assignor has good and full right and lawful authority
to sell and convey the same in the manner herein set forth; 
  

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 AND for the same consideration, the Assignor hereby covenants and agrees to and with the Assignee, it successors, legal
representatives, and assigns that the Assignor will, whenever counsel of the Assignee, or the counsel of its successors, legal representatives, and assigns, shall advise that any proceeding in connection with said inventions or said applications for
Letters Patent or Patents, or any proceeding in connection with Letters Patent or Patents for said inventions in any country, including interference proceedings, is lawful and desirable, or that any application claiming priority to said application,
division, continuation, or continuation-in-part of any applications for Letters Patent or Patents, or any reissue or extension of any Letters Patent or Patents to be obtained thereon, is lawful and desirable, sign all papers and documents, take all
lawful oaths, and do all acts necessary or required to be done for the procurement, maintenance, enforcement and defense of Letters Patent or Patents for said inventions, without charge to the Assignee, its successors, legal representatives, and
assigns, but at the cost and expense of the Assignee, its successors, legal representatives, and assigns; 
  
 AND the Assignor hereby authorizes and requests the attorneys of NIXON PEABODY LLP of McLean, Virginia, to insert in the spaces provided above the filing date, application number, and attorney docket number of said
application when known. 
  
 AND the Assignor hereby requests the Commissioner of
Patents to issue any and all said Letters Patent of the United States to the Assignee, as the Assignee of said inventions and the Letters Patent to be issued thereon for the sole use and behalf of the Assignee, its successors, legal representatives,
and assigns. 
  
 Date      11/3/00            Signature of Assignor      /s/   Thomas
Piccariello             
 Thomas Piccariello 
  
 Date      11/9/00            Signature of Assignor      /s/   Lawrence P.
Olon               
 Lawrence P. Olon 
  
 Date      11/3/00            Signature of Assignor      /s/   Randall J.
Kirk                     
 Randall
J. Kirk 
  

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 EXHIBIT 10.8 
  
 ASSIGNMENT 
  
 WHEREAS, We, Thomas PICCARIELLO, a citizen of the United States, residing at 203 Murphy Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060; Lawrence P. OLON, a citizen of
the United States, residing at 306 Galway Road, Bristol, Tennessee 37620-3034; and Randal J. KIRK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Post Office Box 3526, Radford, Virginia 24143-3526 ( the “Assignors”), respectively, have made
an invention entitled 
  
 ACTIVE AGENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND
METHODS FOR PROTECTING AND 
 ADMINISTERING ACTIVE AGENT 
  
 and described in an application for United States Letters Patent filed on August 22, 2001; and WHEREAS, New River Pharmaceuticals,
(“Assignee”), having a place of business at 100 5th Street, Suite 410 Bristol, TN 37620, desires to
acquire the entire right, title and interest in and to the aforesaid invention, the Application and all Letters Patent of the United States or any patent application or patents of any foreign country related thereto, including conversions to utility
applications, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, extensions, substitutes and divisions which may be granted therefor; 
  
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
we sell, assign and transfer to Assignee, its successors, legal representatives and assigns, the full and exclusive right in and to the invention and Application, and in and to any Letters Patent of the United States or any patent application or
patents of any foreign country related thereto, including conversions to utility applications, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, extensions, substitutes and divisions which may be granted therefor and all rights to
claim priority on the basis of the Application; 

 AND WE HEREBY authorize and request the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks or any other proper
officer or agency of any country to issue all such Letters Patent to the Assignee; 
  
 AND WE HEREBY warrant and covenant that we have the full right to convey the entire interest herein assigned and that we have not executed and will not execute any instrument or assignment in conflict herewith;

  
 AND WE HEREBY agree to communicate to Assignee or its
representatives any facts known to us respecting the invention, to execute all divisional, continuation, reissue, reexamination, extension, substitute and foreign applications, sign all lawful documents and make all rightful oaths and declarations
relating to the invention, execute and deliver any and all papers that may be necessary or desirable to perfect the title to this invention in the Assignee, its successors, legal representatives or assigns, and to testify in any judicial or
administrative proceeding and generally do everything possible to aid the Assignee to obtain and enforce such Letters Patent in the United States or any foreign country and/or to assist the Assignee with any proceedings relating to this invention,
patent application or such Letters Patent in the United States or any foreign country when requested so to do by the Assignee. 
  
  
 Signature of Inventor: /s/ Thomas Piccariello 
 Inventor’s Name:         Thomas PICCARIELLO 
 Inventor’s Address:      203 Murphy Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060-2534, USA 
  
 Date of Execution:         December 18, 2001 
  

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 Signature of Inventor: /s/ Lawrence P. Olon  
 Inventor’s Name:         Lawrence P. OLON 
 Inventor’s Address:
     306 Galway Road, Bristol, Tennessee 37620-3034, USA 
  
 Date of Execution:
                                       
                                        
                          
  
 Signature of Inventor: /s/ Randal J. Kirk  
 Inventor’s
Name:         Randal J. KIRK 
 Inventor’s Address:      P.O. Box 3526, Radford,
Virginia 24143-3526, USA 
  
 Date of Execution:
        12/26/01 
  

 3Exhibit 10.9

 EXHIBIT 10.9 
  
 ASSIGNMENT 
  
 WHEREAS, WE, Thomas PICCARIELLO, residing at 203 Murphy Street, Blacksburg, VA 24060; Randal KIRK, P.O. Box 3526, Radford, VA 24143-3526, and Lawrence
Peter OLON, residing at 306 Galway Road, Bristol. TN 37620; have invented certain new and useful improvements in and to the subject matter of: 
  
 ACTIVE AGENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING AND 
 ADMINISTERING ACTIVE AGENTS 
  
 described
in an application for United States Letters Patent filed on May 29, 2002, and accorded Application No. 10/156,527; 
  
 AND, WHEREAS, New River Pharmaceuticals Inc., having a place of business located at The Governor Tyler, 1902 Downey Street, Radford, VA (hereinafter
“ASSIGNEE”), is desirous of acquiring certain rights to the improvements and under the application; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) or the equivalent thereof, and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, we do hereby sell, assign and transfer unto said ASSIGNEE, its successors, assigns and legal representatives, our entire right, title and interest in and throughout the United States of America (including its territories and
dependencies) and all countries foreign thereto in and to said improvements, said United States application, any other United States applications, including provisional, divisional, renewal, substitute, continuation, reexamination and reissue
applications, based in whole or in part on said United States application or in whole or in part on said improvements, any foreign applications, including international and regional applications, based in whole or in part on any of the aforesaid
United States applications or in whole or in part on said improvements, and in and to any and all letters patent, including extensions thereof, of any country which have been or may be granted on any of the aforesaid applications or on said
improvements or any parts thereof; 
  
 AND WE hereby authorize and
request our agents, Hunton & Williams, whose address is 1900 K Street, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20006-1109, to insert hereon any identification necessary or desirable for recordation of this document, including the filing date and application
number of said application when known. 
  
 AND WE hereby agree for
ourselves and our heirs, executors and administrators to execute without further consideration any further documents and instruments which may be necessary, lawful and proper in the prosecution of said above-referenced application or in the
preparation or prosecution of any continuing, substitute, divisional, renewal, reexamination or reissue application or in any amendments, extensions or interference proceedings, or other applications for patents of any region or country, that may be
necessary to secure to ASSIGNEE 

 its interest and title in and to said improvements or any parts thereof, and in and to said several patents or any of
them; 
  
 AND WE hereby covenant for ourselves and our legal
representatives, and agree with said ASSIGNEE, its successors and assigns, that we have granted no right or license to make, use, sell or offer to sell said improvements, to anyone except said ASSIGNEE, that prior to the execution of this deed, our
right, title and interest in said improvements had not been otherwise encumbered, and that we have not and will not execute any instrument in conflict therewith; 
  
 AND WE do hereby authorize and request the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to issue any and all
letters patent which may be granted upon said United States applications, or upon said improvements or any parts thereof when granted, to said ASSIGNEE. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals. 
  
  

					
	 	  	 July 10, 2003

	  	 /s/ Thomas Piccariello

	 	  	 Date
	  	Thomas PICCARIELLO
	 	  	 	  	 

  
  

					
	 	  	 July 16, 2003

	  	 /s/ Randal J. Kirk

	 	  	 Date
	  	Randal J. KIRK
	 	  	 	  	 

  
  
  

					
	 	  	 July 15, 2003

	  	 /s/ Lawrence Peter Olon

	 	  	 Date
	  	Lawrence Peter OLON
	 	  	 	  	 

  
  

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