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• Adverse Event Reporting Sage shall adhere, and shall require that its Affiliates, Sublicensees, co-marketers and distributors adhere, to all requirements of applicable law and regulations that relate to the reporting and investigation of any adverse event, including without limitation an unfavorable and unintended diagnosis, symptom, sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), syndrome or disease, whether or not considered Captisol. Probe Study Product-related or Licensed Product-related, which occurs or worsens following administration of Captisol, Probe Study Product or Licensed Product. Sage shall provide CyDex with copies of ***Text Omitted and Filed Separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission Confidential Treatment Requested Under 17 C.F.R. Sections 200.80(b)(4) and 230.406 all reports of any such adverse event which is serious (any such adverse event involving Captisol, the Probe Study Product or the Licensed Product that results in death, is life-threatening, requires or prolongs inpatient hospitalization, results in disability, congenital anomaly or is medically important (i.e., may require other medical or surgical intervention to prevent other serious criteria from occurring)) which Sage has reason to believe are associated with Captisol within 10 business days following (i) Sage’s submission of any such report to any regulatory agency, or (ii) receipt from Sage’s Sublicensee, co-marketer or distributor of any such report to any regulatory agency. Sage shall also advise CyDex regarding any proposed labeling or registration dossier changes affecting Captisol. Reports from Sage shall be delivered to the attention of Chief Scientific Officer, CyDex, with a copy to General Counsel, Ligand, at the address set forth in Section 14.7. The parties shall mutually cooperate with regard to investigation of any such serious adverse event, whether experienced by Sage, CyDex or any other Affiliate, Sublicensee, co-marketer or distributor of CyDex or Sage.

• Adverse Events Subsequent to the date hereof, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ National Market or the NASDAQ Global Market, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in the People’s Republic of China or New York, (iii) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the People’s Republic of China or the declaration by the United States or the People’s Republic of China of a national emergency or war if the effect of any such event specified in this clause (iii) in your reasonable judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus, or (iv) such a material adverse change in general economic, political, financial or international conditions affecting financial markets in the United States or the People’s Republic of China having a material adverse impact on trading prices of securities in general, as, in your reasonable judgment, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering of the Shares or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

• Pharmacovigilance No later than [***] prior to (a) [***] or (b) [***], the Parties will negotiate in good faith and finalize the actions that the Parties will employ with respect to the Licensed Products to protect patients and promote their well-being in a written pharmacovigilance agreement (the “Pharmacovigilance Agreement”). These responsibilities will include mutually acceptable guidelines and procedures for the receipt, investigation, recordation, communication, and exchange (as between the Parties) of Adverse Event reports and any other information concerning the safety of any Licensed Product, including recall and withdrawal responsibilities, processes, and procedures. Such guidelines and procedures will be in accordance with, and enable the Parties to fulfill, local and national regulatory reporting obligations under applicable Law. Furthermore, such agreed procedure will be consistent with relevant ICH guidelines, except where such guidelines may conflict with existing local regulatory reporting safety reporting requirements, in which case local reporting requirement will prevail. Lian will be responsible for reporting quality complaints, Adverse Events, and safety data related to the Licensed Products in the Field to applicable Regulatory Authorities in the Territory, as well as responding to safety issues and to all requests of Regulatory Authorities relating to Licensed Products in the Field in the Territory. Lyra will be responsible for reporting quality complaints, Adverse Events, and safety data related to Licensed Product to applicable Regulatory Authorities outside the Territory, as well as responding to safety issues and to all requests of Regulatory Authorities relating to Licensed Product outside the Territory. The Pharmacovigilance Agreement will also provide for a worldwide safety database to be maintained by Lyra at its sole cost and expense, which worldwide safety database will be accessible by Lian and its Affiliates, Sublicensees, and contractors to the full extent necessary for Lian to exercise its rights under this Agreement, comply with its obligations under this Agreement, and comply with all applicable Law. Each Party will comply with its respective obligations under such Pharmacovigilance Agreement and will cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees and contractors to comply with such obligations.

• Notice of Suits, Adverse Events Furnish Agent with prompt notice of (i) any lapse or other termination of any Consent issued to any Borrower by any Governmental Body or any other Person that is material to the operation of any Borrower's business, (ii) any refusal by any Governmental Body or any other Person to renew or extend any such Consent; and (iii) copies of any periodic or special reports filed by any Borrower with any Governmental Body or Person, if such reports indicate any material change in the business, operations, affairs or condition of any Borrower, or if copies thereof are requested by Lender, and (iv) copies of any material notices and other communications from any Governmental Body or Person which specifically relate to any Borrower.

• Information for Regulatory Compliance Each of the Company and the Depositary shall provide to the other, as promptly as practicable, information from its records or otherwise available to it that is reasonably requested by the other to permit the other to comply with applicable law or requirements of governmental or regulatory authorities.

• Regulatory Compliance Cooperation (a) CIT/VC agrees to use commercially reasonable best efforts to avoid the occurrence of a Regulatory Problem. In the event that CIT/VC determines that it has a Regulatory Problem, the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to take all such actions as are reasonably requested by CIT/VC in order (A) to effectuate and facilitate any transfer by CIT/VC of any Securities of the Company then held by CIT/VC to any Person designated by CIT/VC (subject, however, to compliance with Section 3 of this Agreement), (B) to permit CIT/VC (or any Affiliate of CIT/VC) to exchange all or any portion of the voting Securities of the Company then held by such Person on a share-for-share basis for shares of a class of non-voting Securities of the Company, which non-voting Securities shall be identical in all respects to such voting Securities, except that such new Securities shall be non-voting and shall be convertible into voting Securities on such terms as are requested by CIT/VC in light of regulatory considerations then prevailing, and (C) to continue and preserve the respective allocation of the voting interests with respect to the Company arising out of CIT/VC's ownership of voting Securities of the Company and/or provided for in this Agreement before the transfers and amendments referred to above (including entering into such additional agreements as are requested by CIT/VC to permit any Person(s) designated by CIT/VC to exercise any voting power which is relinquished by CIT/VC upon any exchange of voting Securities for nonvoting Securities of the Company); and the Company shall enter into such additional agreements, adopt such amendments to this Agreement, the Company's Charter and the Company's By-laws and other relevant agreements and taking such additional actions, in each case as are reasonably requested by CIT/VC in order to effectuate the intent of the foregoing. If CIT/VC elects to transfer Securities of the Company to a Regulated Holder in order to avoid a Regulatory Problem, the Company shall enter into such agreements with such Regulated Holder as it may reasonably request in order to assist such Regulated Holder in complying with applicable laws, and regulations to which it is subject. Such agreements may include restrictions on the 39. redemption, repurchase or retirement of Securities of the Company that would result or be reasonably expected to result in such Regulated Holder holding more voting securities or total securities (equity and debt) than it is permitted to hold under such laws and regulations.

• Clinical Data and Regulatory Compliance The preclinical tests and clinical trials conducted by the Company, and to the knowledge of the Company, the preclinical tests and clinical trials conducted on behalf of or sponsored by the Company, that are described in, or the results of which are referred to in, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus were and, if still pending, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with the protocols, procedures and controls designed and approved for such studies and with standard medical and scientific research procedures and all applicable laws and regulations, including, without limitation, 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, 58, and 312; each description of the results of such studies is accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly presents the data derived from such studies, and the Company and its subsidiaries have no knowledge of any other studies the results of which are inconsistent with, or otherwise call into question, the results described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectuses or the Prospectus; the Company and its subsidiaries have made all such filings and obtained all such Permits as may be required by the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any committee thereof or from any other U.S. or foreign government or drug or medical device regulatory agency, or health care facility Institutional Review Board (collectively, the “Regulatory Agencies”) for the operation of the Company’s business as currently conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of, or correspondence from, any Regulatory Agency requiring the termination, suspension or modification of any clinical trials that are described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus; and the Company and its subsidiaries have each operated and currently are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the Regulatory Agencies except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

• Pharmacovigilance Agreement Within [***] after the Effective Date, BMS and the Company (under the guidance of their respective Pharmacovigilance Departments, or equivalent thereof) shall define and finalize the responsibilities the Parties shall employ to protect patients and promote their well-being in connection with the use of the Licensed Compound(s) until such time that all pharmacovigilance responsibilities have transferred from BMS to Company. These responsibilities shall include mutually acceptable guidelines and procedures for the receipt, investigation, recordation, communication, and exchange (as between the Parties) of adverse event reports, pregnancy reports, and any other information concerning the safety of any Licensed Compound(s). Such guidelines and procedures shall be in accordance with, and enable the Parties and their Affiliates to fulfill, local and international regulatory reporting obligations to government authorities. Furthermore, such agreed procedures shall be consistent with relevant International Council for Harmonization (ICH) guidelines, except where said guidelines may conflict with existing local regulatory safety reporting requirements, in which case local reporting requirements shall prevail. Until such guidelines and procedures are set forth in a written agreement between the Parties (hereafter referred to as the “Pharmacovigilance Agreement”), the Party responsible for pharmacovigilance prior to execution of this Agreement shall have sole Pharmacovigilance responsibility for the Licensed Compound(s) subject to all applicable regulations and guidelines. In the event that this Agreement is terminated, the Parties agree to implement the necessary procedures and practices to ensure that any outstanding pharmacovigilance reporting obligations are fulfilled. Certain information marked as [***] has been excluded from this exhibit because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.

• Regulatory Compliance a. Monitor compliance with the 1940 Act requirements, including:

• Regulatory Reporting Ultimus agrees to provide reports to the federal and applicable state authorities, including the SEC, and to the Funds’ Auditors. Applicable state authorities are those governmental agencies located in states in which the Fund is registered to sell shares.