Regulatory Authorities Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries: (i) are in compliance in all material respects with all statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, orders and decrees applicable to the ownership, testing, in humans or laboratory models, development, manufacture, formulation, packaging, processing, recordkeeping, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, price reporting, reimbursement, storage, import, export or disposal of any product manufactured or distributed by or for the Company or any of its subsidiaries (“Applicable Laws”), except where the failure to so comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) to the knowledge of Company and its subsidiaries, have not, either voluntarily or involuntarily, disclosed to any governmental authority any violations of Applicable Laws, except such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) have not received any Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Form 483 or any foreign counterpart thereof, warning letter, clinical hold notice or untitled letter from the FDA, any Institutional Review Board (as defined by federal regulation at 21 CFR Section 56.102(g)) or any other governmental authority alleging or asserting noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (“Authorizations”), except such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) have not received notification of nor have reason to believe that any audits by a governmental authority have resulted in a determination that any of their respective products have been improperly reimbursed, except such audits and determinations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (v) possess all Authorizations (including, without limitation, exemptions under any Investigational Device Exemption or Investigational New Drug Application, as described at 21 CFR Sections 312 and 812, and approvals of any Institutional Review Board), which are in full force and effect, required for the conduct of their respective businesses (and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect) and are not in violation of any term of any such Authorizations, except where the failure to possess such Authorization or the violation of such Authorization would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; (vi) have not received written notice of any pending or threatened claim, suit, proceeding, clinical hold, hearing, enforcement, audit, investigation, arbitration, suspension, debarment or exclusion from any governmental authority or Institutional Review Board alleging that any of their respective operations or activities is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and the Company has no knowledge or reason to believe that any such governmental authority, Institutional Review Board or other non-governmental authority is considering any such claim, suit, proceeding, clinical hold, hearing, enforcement, audit, investigation, arbitration, suspension, debarment or exclusion except for any such claims, suits, proceedings, clinical holds, hearings, enforcements, audits, investigations, arbitrations, suspensions, debarments or exclusions that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; (vii) have not received written notice that any governmental authority or Institutional Review Board has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any Authorizations and the Company has no knowledge or reason to believe that any such governmental authority is considering such action, except for any such actions that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; (viii) have, or have had on their behalf, filed, declared, obtained, maintained or submitted all reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as are required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations, except where the failure to so file, declare, obtain, maintain or submit would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect and all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were materially complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission); and (ix) have not, either voluntarily or involuntarily, initiated, conducted or issued, or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any recall, market withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, warning, “dear doctor” letter or investigator notice relating to an alleged lack of safety or efficacy of any product or product candidate, any alleged product defect, or violation of any material Applicable Laws or Authorizations and the Company is not aware of any facts that would cause the Company or any of its subsidiaries to initiate any such notice or action and the Company has no knowledge or reason to believe that any governmental authority, Institutional Review Board or other non-governmental authority intends to initiate any such notice or action, except for any such notices or actions that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Any clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus were and, if still pending, are being conducted in compliance in all material respects with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to accepted professional scientific standards and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and implementing regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, 58 and 312. Any descriptions of studies, tests and preclinical and clinical trials, including any related results and regulatory status, contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are, and will be, accurate and complete in all material respects. The Company is not aware of any studies, tests or trials the results of which reasonably call into question in any material respect the clinical trial results described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notices or other correspondence from the FDA, an Institutional Review Board or other governmental agency requiring or recommending the termination, suspension or material modification of any clinical trials conducted by, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has participated.
Compliance with Health Care Laws Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is, and at all times has been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Health Care Laws, and has not engaged in activities which are, as applicable, cause for false claims liability, civil penalties, or mandatory or permissive exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid, or any other state or federal health care program. For purposes of this Agreement, “Health Care Laws” means: (i) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.), the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq.), and the regulations promulgated thereunder; (ii) all applicable federal, state, local and all applicable foreign health care related fraud and abuse laws, including, without limitation, the U.S. Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. Section 1320a-7b(b)), the U.S. Physician Payment Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7h), the U.S. Civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. Section 3729 et seq.), the criminal False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), all criminal laws relating to health care fraud and abuse, including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. Sections 286 and 287, and the health care fraud criminal provisions under the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), the civil monetary penalties law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (42 U.S.C. Section 17921 et seq.), and the regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes; (iii) Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act); (iv) Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act); (v) the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 801 et seq.) and the regulations promulgated thereunder; and (vi) any and all other applicable health care laws and regulations. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any subsidiary has received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in material violation of any Health Care Laws, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action is threatened. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any subsidiary is a party to or has any ongoing reporting obligations pursuant to any corporate integrity agreements, deferred prosecution agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, plans of correction or similar agreements with or imposed by any governmental or regulatory authority. Additionally, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any of its respective employees, officers or directors has been excluded, suspended or debarred from participation in any U.S. federal health care program or human clinical research or, to the knowledge of the Company, is subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other similar action that could reasonably be expected to result in debarment, suspension, or exclusion.
