February 1, 2009 Klaus Theobald, MD, PhD Paoli, PA 19301 Re: EMPLOYEE OFFER LETTER Dear Klaus:
Exhibit 10.13
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0X · New York, NY 10019
February 1, 2009
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, MD, PhD
1852 Glenwold Xx.
Xxxxx, PA 19301
Re: EMPLOYEE OFFER LETTER
Dear Xxxxx:
ANTERIOS, INC. (the “Company”) is pleased to offer you the position of Chief Research & Development Officer, reporting to the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. By signing this letter agreement, you represent and warrant to the Company that you are under no contractual commitments inconsistent with your obligations to the Company.
1. COMPENSATION.
(a) Base Salary. You will be paid .a salary at the annual rate of $270,000, payable in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices for salaried employees.
(b) Stock Options. Company’s management will recommend to the Company’s Board of Directors that you be granted options (each a “Stock Option”) to purchase up to a total of 109,008 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The exercise price per share will be equal to the fair market value per share on the date each option is granted as determined by the Board of Directors. The first Stock Option shall be an option to purchase up to 76,306 shares of the Company’s Common Stock; this first Stock Option shall be granted promptly after the Board of Directors makes a determination of the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Common Stock and shall vest over three (3) years from your employment start date, with the options vesting monthly at a rate of 1/36th per month until all such options are vested. The second Stock Option shall be an option to purchase up to 32,702 shares of the Company’s Common Stock; this second Stock Option shall be granted upon the earlier to occur of either the closing of a Series B financing or the six (6) month anniversary of your start of employment and shall vest over three (3) years from your employment start date, with the options vesting monthly at a rate of 1/36th per month until all such options are vested.
In the event the Company concludes a Series B financing in the 12 months following your Start Date and you are at that time still employed by the Company, you will be granted an additional number of options to maintain 1.25% of the outstanding issued Company equity at the time the Series B financing is closed at a strike price equal to the then fair market value of the Common Stock as determined by the Board.
The Stock Option shall be an incentive stock option to the extent permitted by applicable law. The Stock Option will
be subject to the terms and conditions applicable to options granted under the Company’s 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, and as described in that plan and the applicable stock option agreement.
(c) Bonus. You may be able to earn a performance bonus in a target amount of 25% of your then-current base salary based on your meeting certain performance criteria set by Company from time to time. Nothing in this offer letter shall entitle you to receive a bonus. The amount of any bonus and your satisfaction of any performance criteria will be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors or its designee(s), in their sole discretion.
2. BENEFITS. You shall be entitled to the Company’s basic employment benefits available to all Company employees, as the same currently exists or may exist in the future. You acknowledge that participation in Company benefit programs may require payroll deductions and/or direct contributions by you. You have agreed to waive your health insurance benefits for up to the first 15 months of your employment in exchange for the Company agreeing to cover the cost of continuing your health insurance premiums for one month following any termination of your employment for each month you waive your health insurance benefits up to a maximum of 15 months. You will be entitled to vacation days, and/or personal days and/or sick days for a total of 15 days per year (in effect ratably in the first year of employment) in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures.
3. EXPENSES. You shall be entitled to reimbursement for pre-approved expenses, including car travel, that you incur as part of your work for the Company consistent with the Company’s then-current expense policy.
4. SEVERANCE.
(a) Termination Without Cause. If your employment is terminated by the Company at any time without Cause (as defined in clause (d) below) after the date of execution of this offer letter (a “Covered Termination”), (i) you shall receive any annual base salary and bonus compensation that has accrued but is unpaid as of the date of such termination plus all other amounts to which you are entitled under this offer letter, any compensation plan or practice of the Company at the time of such termination, and (ii) upon execution of the Release described in clause (iii) below, for every month of employment over 6 months employment, you shall be entitled to two week’s base pay as severance; provided, however, the maximum severance will be 26 week’s pay; and (iv) the Company will cover the cost of your health insurance premiums up to a maximum of 15 months as set forth above in Section 2.
(b) Acceleration of Options. In the event you are employed by the Company on the effective date of a Change of Control (as defined in clause (e) below),
i. and that Change of Control (“COC”) occurs within the six (6) month period following your employment start date, the vesting of your options will accelerate such that 1/2 the number of options will vest upon the effective date of such COC. The remaining options will vest ratably and monthly over a 24 month period for as long as your employment continues. In any event, if an acquirer terminates you without Cause following a COC, 100% of your remaining unvested options will become vested.
ii. and that COC occurs in the period from six (6) months and a day following your employment start date to twelve (12) months following your employment start date, the vesting of your options will accelerate such that 2/3 the number of options will vest upon the effective date of such COC. The remaining options will vest ratably and monthly over a 20 month period for as long as your employment continues. In any event, if an acquirer terminates you without Cause following a COC, 100% of your remaining unvested options will become vested.
iii. and that COC occurs in the period from twelve (12) months and a day following your employment start date to eighteen (18) months following your employment start date, vesting of options will accelerate such that 3/4 the number of options will vest upon the effective date of such COC. The remaining options will vest ratably and monthly over a 16 month period for as long as your employment continues. In any event, if an acquirer terminates you without Cause following a COC, 100% of your remaining unvested options will become vested.
iv. and that COC occurs in the period from eighteen (18) months and a day following your employment start date to twenty-four (24) months following your employment start date, vesting of options will accelerate such that 4/5 the number of options will vest upon the effective date of such COC. The remaining options will vest ratably and monthly over .a 12 month period for as long as your employment continues. In any event, if an acquirer terminates you without Cause following a COC, 100% of your remaining unvested options will become vested.
(c) Release. Prior to your receipt of any benefits under Section 4(a) (except pursuant to clause (i) thereof), you shall execute a Release in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit I .
(d) Definition of Cause. “Cause” means (a) your gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of duties to the Company where such gross negligence or willful misconduct has resulted or is likely to result in substantial and material damage to the Company or its subsidiaries; (b) the commission by you of a material breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement; (c) your willful and habitual neglect of your duties of employment, including your intentional refusal or intentional failure to act on any lawful and proper direction of CEO, President or the Board, (d) your commission of an act of fraud with respect to the Company; or (e) your conviction for any felony crime involving moral turpitude. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no “Cause” for termination shall be deemed to exist with respect to your acts described in clauses (a) or (b) or (c) above, unless the Company shall have given written notice to you specifying the “Cause” with reasonable particularity and, within thirty (30) calendar days after such notice, you shall not, if possible, have cured or eliminated the problem or thing giving rise to such “Cause;” provided, however, that a repeated breach after notice and cure of any provision of clauses (a) or (b) or (c) above involving the same or substantially similar actions or conduct, shall be grounds for termination for “Cause” without any additional notice from the Company.
(e) Definition of Change of Control. “Change of Control” is any transaction or series of transactions in which (i) the majority of the Board in place after such transactions is different than the majority in place immediately prior to the transactions, (ii) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company are sold or transferred, the Company is wound down, or the Company is acquired via stock purchase or merger or (iii) any person or entity other than the Company and/or any officers or directors of the Company as of the date of this Agreement acquires securities of the Company other than from you or your family members and affiliates thereof (in one or more transactions) having 50% or more of the total voting power of all the Company’s securities then outstanding unless the acquisition of the securities is through a venture capital preferred stock investment; provided, however, such a preferred stock investment does not involve the removal of a representative of Ascent Biomedical Ventures or a representative of the Series A Preferred investors from the Board.
5. NONCOMPETITION. During the term of your employment by the Company, and for six (6) months immediately following the date on which your employment relationship with the Company ends, you shall not directly or indirectly, whether as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, proprietor, associate, representative, consultant (except for consulting arrangements previously approved in writing by the Company), or in any capacity whatsoever engage in, become financially interested in, be employed by or have any business connection with any other person, corporation, firm, partnership or other entity whatsoever which were known by you to compete with the Company, throughout the world, in any line of business engaged in (or planned to be engaged in) relating to topical botulinum or the use of a nanoemulsion to deliver a pharmaceutical or cosmeceutical by the Company at the time of the your termination; provided, however, that anything above to the contrary notwithstanding, you may own, as a passive investor, securities of any competitor corporation, so long as your direct holdings in any one such corporation shall not in the aggregate constitute more than I% of the voting stock of such corporation. During this one (6) month period following termination of employment, you will have the obligation to inform the Company of your work activities for compliance purposes with this non-competition agreement. Your duties under this Section 5 shall survive termination of your employment with the Company.
6.. EMPLOYMENT TERMS. All Company employees are required, as a condition to employment with the Company, to (i) acknowledge receipt and understanding, and sign the Company’s standard Employee
Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 2; (ii) sign and return a satisfactory 1-9 Immigration form providing sufficient documentation establishing your employment eligibility in the United States, and (iii) satisfactory proof of your identity as required by United States law.
7. AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT. Your employment with the Company will be “at-will,” meaning that either you or the Company will be entitled to terminate your employment at any time and for any reason, with or without cause. Any contrary representations that may have been made to you are superseded by this offer. This is the full and complete agreement between you and the Company on this term. Although your job duties, title, compensation and benefits, as well as the Company’s personnel policies and procedures, may change from time to time, the “at will” nature of your employment may only be changed in an express written agreement signed by you and a duly authorized officer of the Company.
8. OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES. While you render services to the Company, you will not engage in any other gainful employment, business or activity without the written consent of the Company. While you render services to the Company, you also will not assist any person or organization in competing with the Company, in preparing to compete with the Company or in hiring any employees of the Company.
9. LOCATION. You may initially operate in your capacity as an employee from Paoli, PA. However, you may be required to work up to 4 days per week in New Jersey, New York, or Connecticut. If so, your reasonable travel and housing allowance will be paid for by the Company; provided, however, the Company shall determine what is reasonable and pre-approve such expenses.
10. START DATE. Your start date shall be on or before February 1, 2009. This offer, if not accepted, will expire at the close of business on March 31, 2009.
We hope that you find the foregoing terms acceptable. You may indicate your agreement with these terms and accept this offer by signing and dating both the enclosed duplicate original of this letter and the enclosed Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement and returning them to me.
If you have any questions, please call me at (000) 000 0000.
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx |
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Xxx Xxxxxxx, M.D. |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
AGREED AND ACCEPTED
I have read and accept this employment offer:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, MD, PhD |
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Dated: 27-March, 2009 |
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EXHIBIT I.
RELEASE
(INDIVIDUAL TERMINATION)
Certain capitalized terms used in this Release are defined in the offer letter (the “Agreement”) dated February 1, 2009, between myself and Anterios, Inc. (the “Company”), which I have executed and of which this Release is a part.
I hereby confirm my obligations under the Company’s proprietary information and inventions agreement.
Except as otherwise set forth in this Release, in consideration of benefits I will receive under the Agreement, I hereby release, acquit and forever discharge the Company, its parents and subsidiaries, and their officers, directors, agents, servants, employees, shareholders, successors, assigns and affiliates, of and from any and all claims, liabilities, demands, causes of action, costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees, damages, indemnities and obligations of every kind and nature, in law, equity, or otherwise, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed (other than any claim for indemnification I may have as a result of any third party action against me based on my employment with the Company), arising out of or in any way related to agreements, events, acts or conduct at any time prior to and including the date execute this Release, including, but not limited to: all such claims and demands directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way connected with my employment with the Company or the termination of that employment, including but not limited to, claims of intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, any ‘and all tort claims for personal injury, claims or demands related to salary, bonuses, commissions, stock, stock options, or any other ownership interests in the Company, vacation pay, fringe benefits, expense reimbursements, severance pay, or any other form of compensation; claims pursuant to any federal, state or local law or cause of action including, but not limited to, the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (“ADEA”); the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended; the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Human Rights Laws of the State and City of New York; tort law; contract law; statutory law; common law; wrongful discharge; discrimination; fraud; defamation; emotional distress; and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed in any way to release the Company from its obligation to indemnify me pursuant to agreement or applicable law.
I acknowledge that I am knowingly and voluntarily waiving and releasing any rights I may have under ADEA. I also acknowledge that the consideration given under the Agreement for the waiver and release in the preceding paragraph hereof is in addition to anything of value to which I was already entitled. I further acknowledge that I have been advised by this writing, as required by the ADEA, that: (A) my waiver and release do not apply to any rights or claims that may arise on or after the date I execute this Release; (B) I have the right to consult with an attorney prior to executing this Release; (C) I have twenty-one (21) days to consider this Release (although I may choose to voluntarily execute this Release earlier); (D) I have seven (7) days following the execution of this Release by the parties to revoke the Release; and (E) this Release shall not be effective until the date upon which the revocation period has expired, which shall be the eighth (8th) day after this Release is executed by me.
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XXXXX XXXXXXXX, MD, PHD |
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Dated: 27 March, 2009 |
Exhibit 2
EMPLOYEE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENT
EMPLOYEE CONFIDENTIALITY AND INVENTION ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
In partial consideration and as a condition of my employment by Anterios, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and any equity interest I may be offered in the Company, and effective as of the date that employment by the Company first commenced, the undersigned agrees as follows:
I . Nondisclosure of Confidential Information. I will not, without the prior written consent of (i) an executive officer of the Company, in the event that I am not an executive officer of the Company, and (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company, in the event that I am an executive officer of the Company, divulge to unauthorized persons, or use for any unauthorized purpose, either during or after the term of my employment, any “Confidential Information” (as defined below) connected with the business of the Company or any of its suppliers or customers.
“Confidential Information” shall mean (i) any trade secrets and proprietary information of the Company which shall include, but not be limited to, all drug and cosmeceutical formulations and research plans and results related to the testing of these formulations, plans and activities related to the manufacture of these formulations, and all of the computer software and programs (including object and source code), the computer software and database technologies, systems, structures and architectures and the processes, formulae, compositions and improvements developed, acquired, owned or produced at any time by the Company or its affiliates; (ii) information marked or designated by the Company as confidential; (iii) information, whether or not in written form and whether or not designated as confidential, which is known to me as being treated by the Company as confidential which shall include all information and material relating to the business of the Company, or any affiliate thereof, including information as to plans, policies, corporate developments, products, services, methods of doing business, procedures, suppliers and customers, that is competitively sensitive and is not generally available to the public; and (iv) information provided to the Company by third parties which the Company is obligated to keep confidential. The term “Confidential Information” shall also include, but is not limited to, all inventions, improvements, discoveries, devices, compositions, formulae, ideas, designs, drawings, specifications, techniques, data, computer programs, processes, know-how, customer lists, marketing, product development and other business plans, legal affairs and financial and technical information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shalt not include any information which is or hereafter becomes known to the public through no fault of my own, from and after the date of such public disclosure.
2. Property of the Company. All notes, memoranda, reports, drawings, blueprints, manuals, materials, data and other papers and records of every kind which shall come into my possession at any time after the commencement of my employment with the Company, relating to any Inventions or Confidential Information, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. This property shall be surrendered to the Company upon termination of my employment with the Company, or upon request by the Company, at any other time either during or after the termination of such employment. I further agree that in the event of
termination of my employment with the Company I will execute a Termination Certificate, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.
3. Inventions.
3.1 Disclosure. I shall disclose promptly to an officer or to attorneys of the Company in writing any idea, invention, work of authorship, whether patentable or unpatentable, copyrightable or uncopyrightable, including, but not limited to, any computer program, software, command structure, code, documentation, compound, genetic or biological material, formula, manual, device, improvement, method, process, discovery, concept, algorithm, development, secret process, machine or contribution (any of the foregoing items hereinafter referred to as an “Invention”) I may conceive, make, develop or work on that relates to any product (whether in development or otherwise), delivery system or intellectual property of the Company, in whole or in part, solely or jointly with others. The disclosure required by this Section applies (a) during the period of my employment with the Company and for one year thereafter; (b) with respect to all Inventions whether or not they are conceived, made, developed or worked on by me during my regular hours of employment with the Company; (c) whether or not the Invention was made at the suggestion of the Company; and (d) whether or not the Invention was reduced to drawings, written description, documentation, models or other tangible form. The Company agrees that it will take reasonable precautions to keep Inventions disclosed to it pursuant to this Section 3.1 in strictest confidence and shall not use any Inventions for its own advantage unless those Inventions are assigned to the Company pursuant to Section 3.2 or otherwise.
32 Assignment of Inventions to Company; Exemption of Certain Inventions. I hereby assign to the Company without royalty or any other further consideration my entire right, title and interest in and to all Inventions which I conceive, make, develop or work on during the period of my employment and for one year thereafter which relate to any product (whether in development or otherwise), delivery system or intellectual property of the Company, except those Inventions that I develop entirely on my own time after the date of this Agreement without using the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information unless those Inventions either (a) relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the Invention to the Company’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the Company; or (b) result from any work performed by me for the Company. I acknowledge and agree that the Company has hereby notified me that the assignment provided for in Section 3.2 does not apply to any Invention which qualifies fully for exemption from assignment under the provisions of Section 2870 of the California Labor Code, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.
3.3. Records. I will make and maintain adequate and current written records of all Inventions covered by Section 3.1. These records shall be and remain the property of the Company.
3.4 Patents. Subject to Section 3.2, I will assist the Company in obtaining, maintaining and enforcing patents and other proprietary rights in connection with any Invention covered by Section 3.1. I further agree that my obligations under this Section 3.4 shall continue beyond the termination of my employment with the Company, but if I am called upon to render such assistance after the termination of such employment, I shall be entitled to a fair and reasonable rate of compensation for such assistance. I shall, in addition, be entitled to reimbursement of any expenses incurred at the request of the Company relating to such assistance.
3.5 Prior Contracts and Inventions; Information Belonging to Third Parties. I represent that, except as set forth on Exhibit 4 hereto, there are no other contracts to assign Inventions that are now in
existence between any other person or entity and me. I further represent that (a) I am not obligated under any consulting, employment or other agreement which would affect the Company’s rights or my duties under this Agreement, (b) there is no action, investigation, or proceeding pending or threatened, or any basis therefor known to me involving my prior employment or any consultancy or the use of any information or techniques alleged to be proprietary to any former employer, and (c) the performance of my duties as an employee of the Company will not breach, or constitute a default under any agreement to which I am bound. I will not, in connection with my employment by the Company, use or disclose to the Company any confidential, trade secret or other proprietary information of any previous employer or other person to which I am not lawfully entitled. As a matter of record, I attach as Exhibit 5 of this Agreement a brief description of all Inventions made or conceived by me prior to my employment with the Company which I desire to be excluded from this Agreement.
4. Noncompetition. During the term of my employment by the Company, I will not without the prior written approval of (i) an executive officer of the Company, in .the event that I am not an executive officer of the Company, and (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company, in the event that I am an executive officer of the Company, (a) engage in any other professional employment or consulting, or (b) directly or indirectly participate in or assist any business which is a current or potential supplier, customer or competitor of the Company.
5. Nonsolicitation. During the term of my employment with the Company and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, I will not solicit or encourage, cause others to solicit or encourage, any employees of the Company to terminate their employment with the Company.
6. Miscellaneous.
6.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed under and governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts entered into and wholly to be performed in New York by New York residents.
6.2 Enforcement. If any portion of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder shall be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent possible.
6.3 Injunctive Relief; Consent to Jurisdiction. I acknowledge that the Company will suffer substantial damages not readily ascertainable or compensable in terms of money in the event of the breach of any of my obligations under this Agreement. I therefore agree that the Company shall be entitled (without limitation of any other rights or remedies otherwise available to the Company) to obtain an injunction from any court of competent jurisdiction prohibiting the continuance or recurrence of any breach of this Agreement. I hereby submit myself to the jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the State of New York for purposes of any such action. I further agree that service upon me in any such action or proceeding may be made by first class mail, certified or registered, to my address as last appearing on the records of the Company. I agree that the prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce or interpret this Agreement shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs in addition to all other relief to which it may be entitled.
6.4 Waiver. The waiver by the Company of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision hereof.
6.5 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the successors, executors, administrators, heirs, representatives and assigns of the parties.
6.6 Headings. The Section headings herein are intended for reference and shall not by themselves determine the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
6.7 Modifications. All modifications to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of such modification is sought.
6.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this document as of the 27 day of March, 2009.
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AGREED AND ACKNOWLEDGED: | |
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EXHIBIT 3
California Labor Code,§ 2870. Application of provision providing that employee shall assign or offer to assign rights in invention to employer.
(a) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign, or offer to assign, any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either:
(1) Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer; or
(2) Result from any work performed by the employee for the employer.
(b) To the extent a provision in an employment agreement purports to require an employee to assign an invention otherwise excluded from being required to be assigned under subdivision (a), the provision is against the public policy of this state and is unenforceable.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, c. 647 (S.B.879), § 5)
EXHIBIT 4
(List here prior contracts to assign Inventions that are now in existence between any other person or entity and you.)
none
EXHIBIT 5
(List here previous Inventions which you desire to have specifically excluded from the operation of this Agreement. Continue on reverse side if necessary.)
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20090061020 Brimonidine Compositions for Treating Erythema
20070010498 Method for reducing blood loss associated with cardio-pulmonary bypass surgery
20070004685 INHIBITION OF THROMBIN GENERATION
20060269576 Non-injection immunotherapy
