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Services Agreement

 Exhibit 10.8 
  
 AVICENA GROUP, INC. 
 228 Hamilton Avenue, 3rd Floor 
 Palo Alto, CA 94301 
 Tel: 415-397-2880 
 Fax: 415-397-2898 
  
 March 7, 2005 
  
 Entrepreneurial Resources Group 
 8 Faneuil Hall Marketplace 
 Boston, MA 02109 
 Attn: Mr. Wayne Peters 
  
 Dear Wayne: 
  
 The purpose of
this letter is to confirm the terms by which Avicena Group, Inc. (the “Company”) shall engage the services of Entrepreneurial Resources Group (“ERG”). 
  
 1. Services: ERG will, through its employee Wayne Peters, provide financial consulting and accounting services to the
Company. Specifically, ERG agrees to make Mr. Peters available to provide services as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO” or “Contractor”). 
  
 2. Compensation: In exchange for its services hereunder, the Company agrees to compensate ERG at the rate of $10,000
per month, payable in $5,000 semi-monthly payments on the 14th and 28th of each month. ERG shall invoice the Company semi-monthly for such services and the Company agrees to remit payment by check or wire transfer to ERG on the
14th and 28th of each month. Travel will be paid by the Company only if pre-authorized by Belinda Tsao Nivaggioli, CEO of the Company. All travel expenses will be submitted on a travel expense invoice that will be
provided semi-monthly and include reimbursement for: mileage-(reimbursed @ $0.405 per mile, the IRS rate); airfare, taxis, hotels, meals, tolls, telephone, and any other related travel expenses. Travel Expense will be billed independently from the
Contractor Fee noted above and payment is due and payable in full within 5 business days from the date the Travel Expense Invoice has been provided to the Company. 
  
 3. Status: It is the intention of the parties that ERG is to be an independent contractor and neither ERG, nor any of
its contractors, including, but not limited to, Mr. Peters, shall be considered an employee of the Company, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create an employment relationship between the parties. As an independent contractor,
neither ERG nor Mr. Peters shall participate in any employee benefit plan or program of the Company. ERG shall have exclusive control over its other contractors hereunder and shall independently manage and control its activities subject only to the
terms of this letter agreement. All fees paid to ERG shall constitute 1099 fees, including those paid to Mr. Peters and neither the Company, nor its officers, directors, and employees shall have any obligation or liability whatsoever to ERG for
workers’ compensation, federal and state 

 
payroll taxes, unemployment compensation, minimum wages, Social Security assessments or similar charges, taxes or liabilities applicable to an employment
relationship. ERG recognizes and acknowledges that it is free from control or direction over the performance of its services under this agreement and ERG represents to the Company that it (i) has established a place of business separate, independent
and outside of any place of business of the Company, and (ii) is engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business. The Company will send a Form1099 to ERG whose tax ID # is 04-3509882. 
  
 4. Consultation Services: The Company hereby engages ERG, to furnish
a Contractor to the Company to provide the following services in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement. The Contractor shall confer, consult and advise with managers, executives, officers and directors of the Company,
upon their request, and do such things as are necessarily incident thereto, with respect to any aspects of the financial operation of the Company’s business, including finance, accounting, operations and revenues. Such services shall consist
solely of conferences, consultation, research, reports, advice, and of such studies and projects as the Company or the Contractor may deem necessarily incident thereto. Contractor shall have no executive or administrative authority for the Company
except such authority as Belinda Tsao Nivaggioli, CEO of the Company, may from time to time delegate to the Contractor. If the Company requests (and it is approved by the Company’s Board of Directors) that the Contractor serve as an officer of
the Company, then the Contractor must receive written evidence that they are covered as an officer by the director and officer insurance maintained by the Company. The Contractor agrees that any confidential information received by the Contractor
during their review and in accordance with this contract, which concerns the personal, financial or other affairs of the Company will be treated by the Contractor in full confidence and will not be revealed to any other persons, firms or
organization. 
  
 5. Indemnification: 
  
 (a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless ERG and its affiliates and
controlling persons (individually referred to as an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses as the same are incurred (including without limitations, any legal or other
expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending against any action, claim, suit or proceeding commenced or threatened, or in appearing or preparing for appearance as a witness), as the same are incurred, to which
jointly or severally, any Indemnified Person may become subject, directly or indirectly related to, arising out of or in connection with the Services or any other transactions contemplated hereby, the performance of any services pursuant to or in
connection with this agreement or any Indemnified Person’s role in connection with any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be liable in respect of any claim, damage, loss, liability, cost or expense in respect
of any Indemnified Person to the extent the same is determined, in a final judgment, in each case by a court of competent jurisdiction, to have resulted primarily from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnified Person in
performing services hereunder. 
  
 (b) If for any reason the
foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any Indemnified Person or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Person harmless, then the Company shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person in such proportion as 

 
is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received (or anticipated to be received) by the Company, on the one hand, and the Indemnified
Person, on the other hand, as well as other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that the aggregate contribution of all Indemnified Persons for all claims, losses, damages or expenses shall not exceed the aggregate fees actually
received by ERG. The indemnity, contribution and expense reimbursement obligations of the Company hereunder are not in lieu of but in addition to any rights which any Indemnified Person, or any obligations that the Company or any other person may
otherwise have. The Company will promptly reimburse the Indemnified Persons for all expenses as they are incurred in connection with any pending or threatened action, claim, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may
be sought hereunder or enforcing this paragraph. 
  
 6. Term
of Agreement: This Agreement will begin on March 16, 2005 and end with 30 days prior written notice by the Company to ERG at the address noted above. Likewise, ERG may terminate this contract with 30 days prior written notice to the Company, or
immediately if the Company has not remained current in its obligations under this agreement, or if the Company engages in or asks the Contractor to engage in illegal or unethical conduct. 
  
 7. Relationship: The terms of this letter agreement do not modify the
at-will status of ERG’s relationship with the Company. It is expressly understood, therefore, that the Company and ERG are free to terminate ERG’s services at any time. No employee of the Company, other than Belinda Tsao Nivaggioli and
Nasser Menhall, has the authority to alter, orally or in writing, the terms of the at-will status of this relationship. 
  
 8. No Other Understandings: This letter sets forth the entire agreement and understanding and supersedes any and all other agreements, either oral
or in writing (including, but not limited to, any agreement and/or understanding pertaining to equity ownership in the Company), between the Company, any of its shareholders, members, and/or principals and ERG with respect to its compensation as a
consultant. No change to this letter will be valid unless in writing and signed by the Company and ERG. 
  
 9. Governing Law: Any disputes between the Company and ERG (whether or not it includes the Contractor as a party) shall be resolved by binding
arbitration in Massachusetts under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and governed by Massachusetts law. 
  
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 Please confirm your acceptance of the terms of this letter agreement by signing on the space provided below and returning
this letter to the Company. 
  

	
	 /s/ Belinda Tsao Nivaggioli

	 Belinda Tsao Nivaggioli

  
 Accepted this 16th day of March,
2005. 
  
 Entrepreneurial Resources Group 
  

			
	 By:
	 	 /s/ D. Wayne Peters

	 	 	 D. Wayne Peters

	 Its:
	 	 Executive Vice PresidentAgreement for Purchase and Sale

 Exhibit 10.9 
  
 May 30, 2003 
  
 Terms of an Agreement (the “AGREEMENT”) for purchase and sale of Drug GMP Creatine Monohydrate (“CREATINE”) between the following: The Avicena Group, Inc., 228 Hamilton Avenue, 3rd Floor, Palo Alto CA 94301 T, USA (“AVICENA”) and Degussa AG, Dr.-Albert-Frank-StraBe 32, 83308 Trostberg, Germany (“DEGUSSA”), (sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as the “PARTIES”), on their own respective behalves. 
  

	I.	Agreement to Purchase. AVICENA agrees to purchase from DEGUSSA, and DEGUSSA agrees to sell to AVICENA, One Hundred Fifty (75) kilograms of CREATINE.

  

	II.	Purchase Price. The purchase price for the CREATINE being purchased by AVICENA pursuant to this AGREEMENT shall equal One Hundred Twenty U.S. Dollars ($120.00) for
each kilogram of CREATINE (the “PURCHASE PRICE”) for a total of Eighteen Thousand Dollars $ 9,000. The PURCHASE PRICE shall be payable: 

  

	 	A.	one-half (1/2) of the total PURCHASE PRICE upon the execution of this AGREEMENT in immediately available funds to the following bank account: 

 Degussa Bank, Frankfurt 
 SWIFT : DEGU DE FF

 Account no. 390 000 
 BLZ 500
107 00. 
 ; and 
  

	 	B.	the remaining one-half (1/2) of the total PURCHASE PRICE upon AVICENA’s receipt of the CREATINE it has purchased pursuant to this AGREEMENT in immediately available funds to
the bank account specified in writing by DEGUSSA. 

  

	III.	Quality. The CREATINE purchased by AVICENA pursuant to this AGREEMENT shall comply with the specifications set out in Appendix 1 attached hereto (the
“SPECIFICATIONS”). 

  

	IV.	Regulatory Matters. DEGUSSA shall prepare at its own cost and responsibility the documentation of the Drug Master File reasonably necessary for AVICENA’s intended
use of the CREATINE, including, without limitation, all matters involved with any and all Drug Master Filings in the USA. Any liability of DEGUSSA against AVICENA regarding the correctness and completeness of the documentation is excludes. The same
applies with regard to the success of the filing. 

  

	V.	Warranty, Risk and Liability, Non-Delivery. 

  

	 	A.	DEGUSSA solely warrants that the CREATINE sold to AVICENA shall have the characteristics specified in the SPECIFICATIONS. 

	 	B.	AVICENA shall, reasonably promptly, and in any event, within thirty (30) days following delivery of each shipment, inspect such shipment and notify DEGUSSA of any shortage, error,
or non-compliance with the SPECIFICATIONS. Failure of AVICENA to respond within such thirty (30) day period shall constitute acceptance of such shipment, and exempts DEGUSSA from any warranty and liability of any nature whatsoever with respect to
such shipment. 

  

	 	C.	If the CREATINE is defective, as provided in this AGREEMENT, and if AVICENA has claimed its rights accordingly, DEGUSSA shall choose whether to redeliver or to remedy the CREATINE
(“REMEDIATION”). AVICENA agrees to grant DEGUSSA the opportunity to complete such REMEDIATION within a six month period. If such opportunity is not granted to DEGUSSA, DEGUSSA shall be released from all liabilities with respect to
CREATINE. Should the REMEDIATION fail, AVICENA shall have the right to reduce the payments for the CREATINE or to demand further REMEDIATION. If and to the extent DEGUSSA fails to remedy the defect several times, AVICENA may enforce its statutory
right of rescission. Furthermore, AVICENA shall have the right to claim reimbursement for the expenditures incurred in connection with DEGUSSA’s REMEDIATION, in so far as they are not incurred by transferring the CREATINE to a location other
than the company seat of AVICENA. 

  

	 	D.	In the event that the parties are unable to agree as to whether or not the shipment of CREATINE, or any portion thereof; fails to conform in all material respects to the
SPECIFICATIONS, the question shall be submitted to an independent quality control laboratory agreed upon by both parties (the “INDEPENDENT LAB”). In the event that the INDEPENDENT LAB finds that the shipment in question or any part thereof
does not comply with the SPECIFICATIONS, AVICENA shall have the remedy set forth in sub-paragraph (C) above. Costs of the INDEPENDENT LAB’s activities shall be borne by AVICENA if the CREATINE (or portion thereof) in question is found to comply
materially with the SPECIFICATIONS, and by DEGUSSA if the CREATINE (or portion thereof) is found to be defective or not in compliance with the SPECIFICATIONS. 

  

	 	E.	No AVICENA’s claim of any kind, whether as to the CREATINE delivered or for non-delivery shall be greater in amount as set out as follows: 

  
 Material damage and personal injury up to an amount of US
Dollars 1.000.000,— 
  

	 	F.	THESE WARRANTIES SHALL BE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR PURPOSE ARE
EXCLUDED. 

  

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	VI.	Time and Delivery. DEGUSSA agrees and acknowledge that time is of the essence in this AGREEMENT, and it is accordingly contemplated between the parties that delivery
of the CREATINE shall occur at the latest by June 15., 2003. If CREATINE conforming to the SPECIFICATIONS has not been delivered to AVICENA on or before the date, AVICENA shall have the option, but not the obligation, to terminate this AGREEMENT
with no liability to DEGUSSA, and DEGUSSA shall be deemed to be in material breach of this AGREEMENT, and DEGUSSA shall immediately refund to AVICENA all amounts paid to DEGUSSA by AVICENA pursuant to the terms of this AGREEMENT.

  

	VII.	Confidentiality. During and after the term of this AGREEMENT, each party shall maintain confidentiality of all commercial and technical information and knowledge
acquired in the performance of this AGREEMENT, unless this information and knowledge is generally available to the public without disclosure by the recipient, and each of the parties hereto to only use such commercial and technical information
acquired in the performance of this AGREEMENT only for the specific purposes for which such information was disclosed. In case of breach of confidentiality undertaking breaching party has to reimburse any and all damages of the other party caused by
this breach and may be subject to an injunction. 

  

	VIII.	Force Majeure. 

  

	 	A.	If the manufacture, delivery, receipt or consumption of the CREATINE by either party is prevented, restricted or interfered with by reasons of Force Majeure as defined below, the
party so affected shall be excused from making or taking deliveries hereunder to the extent of such prevention, restriction or interference. The foregoing notwithstanding, the failure to pay invoices may not be excused by the invocation of Force
Majeure. 

  

	 	B.	The party affected by Force Majeure shall: (i) notify the other party immediately of the occurrence and particulars of such Force Majeure, (ii) provide the other party, from time to
time, with its best estimate of the duration of such Force Majeure, (iii) use every reasonable effort to eliminate or correct the cause preventing performance, (iv) provide notice of the termination thereof and (v) resume performance hereunder as
soon as possible. The occurrence of Force Majeure shall not excuse either party permanently from the performance of its obligations or duties hereunder, but shall merely suspend such performance during the continuance of Force Majeure.

  

	 	C.	Upon termination of Force Majeure, the performance of any obligation or duty hereunder shall immediately recommence. If, however, Force Majeure shall prevent performance by either
party for a period in excess of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days, then, at any time after such consecutive 180-day period has elapsed and while such Force Majeure is continuing, either party shall have the right to give notice of
termination of this AGREEMENT to the other party, and this AGREEMENT shall terminate automatically ten (10) days after such notice is given. 

  

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	 	D.	The expression Force Majeure shall mean occurrences beyond the control of the party so affected, including but not limited to war, breakage of machinery or equipment, fire, nuclear
reactor accident, flood, storm, lightning, earthquakes, or other acts of God, or explosion, insurrection, strikes, lock-outs or other labor unrest, unavailability of fuel, utilities or raw materials, epidemics or quarantine restriction, partial or
entire failure or destruction or production facilities oil embargos, delayed or non-delivery on the part of sub-contractors, or governmental acts or any other cause which is not within the control of the party affected or which by the exercise of
reasonable diligence such party is unable to prevent or overcome. 

  

	IX.	Assignment. Neither party may assign any rights or obligations under this AGREEMENT without the express prior written consent of the other party, except in connection
with an assignment or transfer to an entity which is an Affiliate of either party. “Affiliate” shall be any entity which controls or is controlled by or is under common control with either party of this AGREEMENT;
“control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by AGREEMENT or otherwise.

  

	X.	Applicable Law. The rights and obligations of the parties under this AGREEMENT shall not be governed by the provisions of the 1980 United Nations Convention on
Contracts for the International Sale of Goods; rather this AGREEMENT shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. Except as otherwise agreed by the parties in this AGREEMENT, the
“Incoterms” issued by the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, in its most recent version, shall be applicable. 

  

	XI.	Integration. 

  

	 	A.	This AGREEMENT, together with the appendices attached hereto and the other documents referenced herein or contemplated hereby, contains the entire agreement and understanding of the
parties hereto with respect to the matters set forth herein, and all prior negotiations and understandings relating to the subject matter of this AGREEMENT are superseded and cancelled by this AGREEMENT and it has been agreed that any evidence
contradicting the provisions of this Section XLA. is inadmissible. 

  

	 	B.	In the event that any provision of this AGREEMENT is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitration tribunal to be void or unenforceable, the parties hereto expressly
agree that such void or unenforceable provision shall be deemed severed from this AGREEMENT, and the remainder of this AGREEMENT shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect to the extent feasible in the absence of the
void and unenforceable provision. The parties furthermore agree to replace the invalid or unenforceable provision by a valid regulation to the same economic effect. 

  

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	 	C.	This AGREEMENT may not be modified except in writing, signed by both of the parties hereto. 

  
 AGREED AND ACCEPTED: 
  
 THE AVICENA GROUP, INC. 

			
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Belinda Tsao Nivaggioli

	Its:	 	Chief Operating Officer
	
	DEGUSSA AG
		
	By:	 	 /s/ S. Loag

	Its:	 	Product Manager

  

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