ContractAlliance Agreement • March 30th, 2001 • Scios Inc • Pharmaceutical preparations • New York
Contract Type FiledMarch 30th, 2001 Company Industry JurisdictionExhibit 10.44 ALLIANCE AGREEMENT — NATRECOR® (NESIRITIDE) This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of January 10, 2001 by and between Scios Inc., a Delaware corporation whose headquarters is located at 820 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (“Scios”), Innovex L.P., a limited partnership whose address is 10 Waterview Blvd., Parsippany, NJ 07054 (“Innovex”), and PharmaBio Development, Inc., a North Carolina corporation whose address is 4709 Creekstone Drive, Durham, NC 27703 (“PharmaBio”). Background and Overview of the Alliance