Common use of Compliance with Laws/Agreements Clause in Contracts

Compliance with Laws/Agreements. Worldwide shall perform Services under this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Protocol for the Study, the Sponsor approved standard operating procedures for the Study (the “Standard Operating Procedures”), the current Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice promulgated by the FDA ("GCP Guidelines"), the Declaration of Helsinki of the 41st World Medical Assembly, South Africa 1996 as amended, and all other applicable laws and regulations, including the following as applicable, 21 CFR Part 11, 312, 50, 54, 56, the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and all regulations and official guidelines promulgated thereunder and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the “Applicable Laws”). The Parties and their respective owners, officers, directors, employees or agents have not and shall not pay, give, offer or promise to pay or give, or authorize the payment, directly or indirectly, of any money or anything of value to any foreign government official or employee (including employees of state-owned institutions), for the purpose of (i) influencing any act or decision of such official or of such government, (ii) inducing that person to do or omit doing any act in violation of his or her lawful duty, (iii) securing an improper advantage, or (iv) influencing such official to use his influence with the government to effect or influence the decision of such government, in order to assist Sponsor or Worldwide in obtaining or retaining business for or with or directing business to any person. Each Party agrees to comply with all applicable anticorruption laws, rules and regulations. The Parties agree to reasonably cooperate with each other’s diligence efforts in order to satisfy each Party’s obligations under the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (“FCPA”), the UK Bribery Act and any implementing legislation under the OECD Convention Against Bribery of Foreign Government Officials in International Business Transactions.

Compliance with Laws/Agreements. Worldwide WCT shall perform Services under this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Protocol for the Study, the Sponsor approved standard operating procedures for the Study (the “Standard Operating Procedures”), the current Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice promulgated by the FDA ("GCP Guidelines"), the Declaration of Helsinki of the 41st World Medical Assembly, South Africa 1996 as amended, and all other applicable laws and regulations, including the following as applicable, 21 CFR Part 11, 312, 50, 54, 56, the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and all regulations and official guidelines promulgated thereunder and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the “Applicable Laws”). The Parties and their respective owners, officers, directors, employees or agents have not and shall not pay, give, offer or promise to pay or give, or authorize the payment, directly or indirectly, of any money or anything of value to any foreign government official or employee (including employees of state-owned institutions), for the purpose of (i) influencing any act or decision of such official or of such government, (ii) inducing that person to do or omit doing any act in violation of his or her lawful duty, (iii) securing an improper advantage, or (iv) influencing such official to use his influence with the government to effect or influence the decision of such government, in order to assist Sponsor or Worldwide WCT in obtaining or retaining business for or with or directing business to any person. Each Party agrees to comply with all applicable anticorruption laws, rules and regulations. The Parties agree to reasonably cooperate with each other’s diligence efforts in order to satisfy each Party’s obligations under the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (“FCPA”), the UK Bribery Act and any implementing legislation under the OECD Convention Against Bribery of Foreign Government Officials in International Business Transactions.