Common use of Global Development Clause in Contracts

Global Development. The Development of Product Candidates in North America and the Territory shall be governed by the Global Development Plan, and the Parties agree that all Development activities relating to Product Candidates shall be conducted in accordance with the Global Development Plan, except for those activities that are specifically included within Additional Development Activities undertaken in accordance with Section 3.5. Each Party will contribute to the operational execution of the Global Development Plan, and will make best use of each Party’s established technological and process excellence for the optimal execution of the Global Development Plan. The JDC shall review the Global Development Plan not less frequently than [***] and shall develop detailed and specific Global Development Plan updates, which shall include annual Development budgets and allocation of responsibilities between the Parties, for each Calendar Year under the Global Development Plan. The JDC shall submit all such updates to the JSC for review and approval such that JSC preliminary approval of the plan and budget for any Calendar Year would occur [***]. Updates with the JSC’s preliminary approval shall be submitted to each Party for its internal budgeting process with a target for final approval by the JSC [***], at which time any updates will be appended to the Global Development Plan.