CONTRACT
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Between Quintiles Scotland Ltd and CollaGenex Inc.
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Quintiles Project Number: CPF00700 series
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To conduct the following:
A programme of Preclinical safety protocols and support studies with COL-8 as
listed below. The programme of work is defined in the proposal dated 20 March
1998 and amended at the meeting of 16 April 1998.
Price:
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Analytical Chemistry Transfer and validate HPLC method for 32,000 (pounds)
QC testing and supply for toxcology studies.
Safety Pharmacology Xxxxx test, Renal and GI function in rodent 14,400 (pounds)
Respiration, haemodynamics and ECG in primate 48,000 (pounds)
Toxicology Acute toxicity (i.v. and oral) in rat and mouse 19,300 (pounds)
14 day rat dose finding study 8,500 (pounds)
90 day rat repeat dose study (with interim 116,000 (pounds)
kill)
Satellite animals for toxicokinetics 18,000 (pounds)
14 day primate MTD 20,000 (pounds)
90 day primate repeat dose study 271,000 (pounds)
(with interim kill)
Bioanalysis/toxicokinetics Transfer and validate hplc bioanalytical method 12,000 (pounds)
(rat and primate plasma)
Bioanalysis rat (216 samples) 6,264 (pounds)
Bioanalysis primate (324 samples) 9,396 (pounds)
PK analysis and toxicokinetic report appendices 9,400 (pounds)
Project Management Management and coordination of Project activities 38,750 (pounds)
Quintiles Total Fee 623,010 (pounds)
Payment Schedule:
Services will be billed on the basis of an initial payment of direct costs plus
20% of the cost of the services provided with the balance distributed as
milestone payments over the duration of the programme. A payment schedule based
on these criteria will be generated and agreed between CollaGenex and Quintiles
once the schedule for the programme has been finalised. This will be reviewed as
the studies progress and any amendments made if the schedule or scope of the
work changes.
Special conditions:
1) Any meeting, shipping or travel costs incurred outsidethe confines of
Quintiles' facilities in connection with the performance of this project will be
invoiced in addition to the above. 2) Sufficient test article, solubility and
formulation information and material safety data sheets are delivered to
Quintiles seven days prior to the initiation phase of the programme (formulation
sciences and bioanalytical method development).
Work will be performed in accordance with Quintiles Standard Terms and
Conditions as specified overleaf.
SIGNED on BEHALF of SIGNED on BEHALF of
Quintiles Scotland Ltd. CollaGenex
/s/PP XX Xxxx /s/Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xx. XX Xxxxxx, Director of Preclinical Sciences Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Date: 22 April 1998 Date: 28 April 1998
Quintiles Scotland Ltd CollaGenex Pharmaceutical Inc.
Heriot-Watt University Research Park 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx XX00 0XX, XX. Xxxxxxx, 00000 XXX
TERMS and CONDITIONS
In these Terms and Conditions the term "Contract" shall mean these Terms and
Conditions, the Contract set out overleaf and the attached protocol.
1.0 The Contract shall commence on the date executed by both parties as
specified overleaf and shall continue in effect until such time as
contract services described overleaf have been completed unless
terminated earlier by Sponsor or Quintiles.
2.0 It is understood that during the course of the Contract Quintiles and
its employees may be exposed to material and information which is
confidential to Sponsor. All such material and information, made
available, disclosed or otherwise made known to Quintiles and its
employees as a result of services under this Contract (hereinafter
"Sponsor Confidential Information") is confidential information
belonging to Sponsor. All information regarding Quintiles' operations,
including but not limited to Quintiles Property (as defined in Clause
4.0 below), disclosed to Sponsor in connection with this Agreement is
confidential information belonging to Quintiles (the "Quintiles
Confidential Information", and together with the Sponsor Confidential
Information, the "Confidential Information"). The Confidential
Information shall be used by the receiving party and its employees only
for purposes of performing the receiving party's obligations hereunder.
Each party agrees that it will not reveal, publish or otherwise
disclose the Confidential Information of the other party to any third
party without the prior written consent of the disclosing party,
provided that the foregoing obligations shall not apply to Confidential
Information which: (a) is or becomes generally available to the public
other than as a result of a disclosure by the receiving party; (b)
becomes available to the receiving party on a non-confidential basis
from a source which is not prohibited from disclosing such information
by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation to the disclosing
party; (c) the receiving party develops independently of any disclosure
by the disclosing party; (d) was in the receiving party's possession or
known to the receiving party prior to its receipt from the disclosing
party; or (e) is required by law to be disclosed. This obligation of
confidentiality and non-disclosure shall remain in effect for a period
of five years after the termination of this Agreement.
3.0 Publication by the Sponsor of any information or document relating to
or arising as a result of the provision of the Contract services (with
the exception of information or reports submitted to a competent
regulatory authority)( shall not without the prior written consent of
Quintiles directly or indirectly identify or otherwise refer to
Quintiles in connection therewith and, in particular, no reference
shall be made to Quintiles in connection with any conclusion or opinion
of Sponsor and no report or extract from such a report or reference to
Quintiles shall be used to endorse or imply approval of any product of
Sponsor or the use or proposed use of any product of Sponsor.
4.0 All data and information necessary for Quintiles to conduct project
assignments will be forwarded by Sponsor to Quintiles. All data and
information generated or derived by Quintiles as the result of services
performed by Quintiles under this agreement shall be the exclusive
property of Sponsor. Any inventions that may evolve from the data and
information described above or as the results of the services performed
by Quintiles under the Contract shall belong to Sponsor and Quintiles
agrees to assign all its rights to such inventions to Sponsor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sponsor acknowledges that Quintiles
possesses certain inventions, processes, know-how, trade secrets,
improvements, other intellectual properties and other assets, including
but not limited to laboratory analyses, analytical methods, procedures
and techniques, computer technical expertise and software, which have
been independently developed by Quintiles (collectively "Quintiles
Property"). The Sponsor and Quintiles agree that any Quintiles Property
or improvements thereto which are used, improved, modified or developed
by Quintiles under or during the term of this Agreement are the product
of Quintiles' technical expertise possessed and developed by Quintiles
prior to or during the performance of this Agreement and are the sole
and exclusive property of Quintiles.
Subject to the provisions of paragraph 14.0., at the completion of the
contract services by Quintiles, all raw data including paper data, wet
tissues, wax blocks, microscope slides, computer tapes and other
materials as appropriate will be retained in the archive of Quintiles
for a period of two (2) years. After this time, Sponsor will be given
the option to (i) accept the return of archive material at their
expense, (ii) pay an annual fee for continued storage, (iii) request
destruction.
5.0 For the purposes of the Contract, the parties hereto are independent
contractors and nothing contained in the Contract shall be construed to
place them in the relationship of partners, principle and agent,
employer/employee or joint venturers. Each party agrees that it shall
have no power or right to bind or obligate the other party, nor shall
either party hold itself out as having such authority.
6.0 Quintiles agrees its services shall be conducted in compliance with the
agreed protocol(s) and specifications and with all applicable laws,
rules and regulations.
7.0 Quintiles represents and warrants to Sponsor that it is not a party to
any agreement which would prevent it from fulfilling its obligations
under the Contract.
8.0 In order for Quintiles to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Xxx
0000 and any applicable regulation made pursuant thereto it is a
condition of Quintiles providing the contract services that Sponsor
shall provide Quintiles with all information available to it regarding
known or potential hazards associated with the use of any substances
supplied to Quintiles by Sponsor and that Sponsor shall comply with all
current legislation and regulations concerning the shipment of
substances by the land, sea or air.
9.0 Neither Quintiles nor its affiliates nor any of its or their respective
directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any liability
whatsoever under this Agreement or otherwise except with respect to
damages directly attributable solely to Quintiles' gross negligence or
intentional misconduct. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither
Quintiles nor its affiliates nor any of its or their respective
directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any liability for
any special, incidental, or consequential damages, including, but not
limited to loss of revenue or profit in connection with or arising out
of the Contract, or the existence, furnishing, functioning, or
Sponsor's use of any information documentation or services provided
pursuant to the Contract, even if Quintiles shall have been advised of
the possibility of such damages. In addition, in no event shall the
collective, aggregate liability of Quintiles and its affiliates and
its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents
under this Agreement exceed the amount of aggregate fees actually
received by Quintiles from Sponsor pursuant to this Agreement for the
assignment or task from which such liability arose.
10.0 Sponsor shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Quintiles, its
affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees
and agents (each, an "Indemnified Party") from and against any and all
losses, claims, actions, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses,
(including reasonable legal costs) (collectively, "Losses"), relating
to or arising from or in connection with this Agreement (including,
without limitation, any Losses arising from or in connection with any
study, test, product or potential product to which this Agreement
relates) or any litigation, investigation or other proceeding relating
to any of the foregoing, except to the extent such Losses are
determined to have resulted solely from gross negligence or
intentional misconduct of the Indemnified Party seeking indemnity
hereunder.
11.0 Where Quintiles advises on the construction of a protocol for a study
involving human volunteers, the Sponsor agrees any advice relating to
the clinical phase of the study is given on the basis that under no
circumstances whatsoever will Quintiles be under any liability
whatsoever to Sponsor or to any third party for such advice or for any
loss or damage howsoever caused consequential upon the giving of such
advice and it is at all times Sponsor's responsibility to obtain all
appropriate and necessary verifications of the safety and suitability
of such a protocol.
12.0 The Contract may be terminated by Sponsor or Quintiles at any time on
thirty (30) days written notice to the other party. On receipt or
delivery of such notification by Quintiles work will be terminated in
accordance with Sponsor's instructions and Sponsor will then be charged
a final instalment to include all costs associated with the
termination, such instalment to be paid on presentation of the
account.
13.0 In the event that the Contract is terminated, Quintiles reserves the
right to retain copies of all material provided to Sponsor as the
result of services performed by Quintiles under the contract for a
period of five (5) years.
14.0 In the event Quintiles shall be delayed or hindered in or prevented
from the performance of any act required hereunder by reasons of
strike, lockouts, labour troubles, inability to procure materials,
failure of power or restrictive government or judicial orders, or
decrees, riots, insurrection, war, Acts of God, inclement weather or
any other reason or cause beyond Quintiles' control performance of such
act shall be excused for the period of the delay.
15.0 Quintiles agrees to furnish and Sponsor agrees to purchase the services
as described overleaf at the prices stated. All payments will be made
in accordance with the schedule referred to overleaf. The final payment
may be adjusted to reflect any budget re-evaluations.
All payments shall be made to Quintiles within thirty (30) days of
receipt of invoice by Sponsor. Sponsor shall pay Quintiles interest in
an amount equal to four percent (4%) above the base interest rate
established by Hambros Bank Limited per month of all amounts owing
hereunder and not paid when due (or the maximum lesser amount permitted
by applicable law).
16.0 Quintiles shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary travel
and lodging expenses incurred in the performance of services provided
herein which have been expressly requested or approved by Sponsor.
Payment for such services shall be made by Sponsor within thirty (30)
days of receipt by Sponsor of invoices or other evidence of such
expenditure.
17.0 Any times quoted for the commencement of the contract services or
delivery of a report are intended to be estimates only and shall not
involve any contractual obligation on Quintiles' part.
18.0 Any notice given by either party hereunder shall be in writing and
delivered personally or by registered or certified mail to the address
shown on the overleaf.
19.0 All provisions of these Terms and Conditions and the Contract are
subject to English law.
20.0 If any one or more provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall be
found to be illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
21.0 These Terms and Conditions shall govern the provision of the contract
services by Quintiles to the exclusion of any other terms and
conditions subject to which the offer to provide the contract services
is accepted or purported to be accepted or subject to which the
provision of the contract services is requested by Sponsor.
22.0 The Contract contains the entire understanding of the parties with
respect to the subject matter herein, and supersedes all previous
agreement (oral or written), negotiations and discussions. The parties
may, from time to time during the continuance of the Contract, modify
any of the provisions hereof by an instrument in writing duly executed
by the parties.
