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EXHIBIT 10.27
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, REDUCTION TO PRACTICE
AND MANUFACTURING CONTRACT
THIS CONTRACT is made and entered as of the 1st day of October, 1996, (the
"Effective Date") by and between Cerus Corporation, having a place of business
at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (hereinafter
"CLIENT"), and [*] having a place of business at [*], (hereinafter "[*]").
WHEREAS, CLIENT is engaged in the discovery and development of pharmaceutical
products; and
WHEREAS, [*] is engaged in chemical research, synthesis, scale-up and bulk
manufacturing for the pharmaceutical industry in accordance with FDA standards;
and
WHEREAS, CLIENT proposes to retain [*] to analyze, assess and develop the
process to manufacture Steritech Compound S-303 described in the process
description attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Process") and to manufacture such
compound for CLIENT pursuant to such process.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED THAT THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE SERVICES AND THE MATERIALS SUPPLIED BY [*]:
1. Services
The services to be performed hereunder ("Project"), as well as the
applicable rates for research and prices for manufactured material, plus
estimated budgets therefor, are described in attachments to this Contract,
signed by duly authorized officers of each party, numbered sequentially and
amendable only by a document similarly executed ("Project Description"). Each
Project shall be subject to and deemed a part of this Contract. Promptly upon
joint execution of this Contract and a Project Description, and receipt of the
agreed deposit, [*] shall proceed with the work specified in the Project
Description, and, if agreed, meet any product specifications contained therein.
2. Specific Duties of [*] for each Project
A. To the extent relevant to a particular Project, unless otherwise
specified in the Project Description, [*] will:
1) Perform its services in accordance with applicable FDA and other
governmental regulations;
2) Develop a scalable process for synthesis of the compound(s) specified
in the Exhibit;
3) Develop an analytical method to measure the purity of such
compound(s);
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4) Provide a certificate of analysis with respect to such compound(s)
when produced;
5) Provide a report to CLIENT describing research procedures used and
results obtained;
6) Respond to all reasonable requests of CLIENT for information
pursuant to this Agreement; and
7) Retain experimental records and laboratory notebooks relating to the
Project for a period of ten (10) years or such longer period as may be
agreed upon; and
8) Make applicable [*] facilities, equipment, contracts and
documentation available for inspection by CLIENT or its designated auditor,
subject to its execution of an appropriate confidentiality agreement, with
respect to a specific Project, at dates and times that are mutually agreed
upon.
3. Specific Duties of CLIENT for the Project
A. Unless otherwise specified in the Project Description, CLIENT will:
1) Provide to [*] all reasonably appropriate and readily
available information available to CLIENT with respect to the preparation
and analysis of compound(s) specified in the Project Descriptions;
2) Provide intermediates to [*] when appropriate for chemical
process development studies;
3) Respond to all reasonable requests of [*] for information in
the possession of CLIENT that is required by [*] for the performance
of [*] duties under this Contract; and
4) Make payments as herein required.
4. Compensation
A. Deposit. Promptly upon execution of a particular Project Description
CLIENT shall pay [*] the Deposit for the Project, which will be
twenty-five percent (25%) of the estimated direct labor budget or of the total
purchase price, in the case of manufacturing Projects, unless otherwise agreed.
The Deposit shall be credited proportionately against each invoice payable
hereunder in accordance with the percentage of the Project then completed.
B. Advance Payment for Materials. Materials for the Project will be
purchased on consignment for CLIENT'S account and payment therefor must be
received by [*] before it will order such materials. Such payment shall
include a handling charge of 8% of
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material to be purchased;
C. Invoices. Unless otherwise agreed, CLIENT shall pay[*], not later
than thirty days from the issuance thereof, invoices rendered to CLIENT by [*]
for the following items. In the event any payment is not made on time, [*] shall
be entitled, among its other rights, to cease work upon ten (10) days written
notice to CLIENT and stop deliveries until such payment is made.
1) Manufacturing Charges. Charges at agreed purchase prices for
manufactured material/products as shipped;
2) Research Charges. Work performed on the Project by [*] (i) for
the execution of work under this Contract and (ii) for any
work requested by the FDA or other governmental authority or
investigator on its behalf pertaining to a Project shall be
charged at the rate specified in the Project Description.
3) Waste. Waste disposal charges allocable to the Project at cost
plus 8% handling;
4) Travel. Expenses for travel incurred by [*] personnel in
connection with the Project. Travel over $1000 will require
CLIENT approval.
5) Expendables and supplies directly related or used in this Project.
Expenditures over $1000 will require CLIENT approval.
6) Special equipment and glassware. Expenditures over $1000 will
require CLIENT approval.
7) Extraordinary expenses (e.g., additional manpower allocation) if
(i) authorized by CLIENT or (ii) required by a regulating agency
or pursuant to a court order.
8) Expenses for personnel time, travel, legal fees and other expenses
incurred at the request of CLIENT in patent matters, litigation
and regulatory matters.
9) Costs incurred by [*] for outside consultants or other third
parties approved by CLIENT.
10) Other costs for services related to this Contract, including but
not limited to costs incurred by [*] for freight and outside
chemical and analytical services shall be reimbursed by CLIENT as
incurred. Expenditures over $1000 will require CLIENT approval.
D. Audit. CLIENT's auditors, subject to normal obligations of
confidentiality, may audit the books and records of [*] to the extent
necessary to verify charges hereunder
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during normal business hours on the premises of [*] at CLIENT's expense.
Such audit may be performed as frequently as once per year during the term of
this Contract.
E. Late Payments. In addition to its other rights, [*] shall
be entitled to interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per
month on any payment which is not made when due.
5. Manufacturing Warranty.
[*] WARRANTS THAT ALL MATERIALS MANUFACTURED BY IT COMPLY WITH AGREED
SPECIFICATIONS BUT MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO MATERIALS OF ANY KIND SUPPLIED TO CLIENT HEREUNDER,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND [*] WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR
OTHER DAMAGES EXCEPT THAT [*] SHALL, AT ITS OPTION, REPLACE OR REFUND THE PRICE
PAID FOR ANY PRODUCTS OR MATERIALS DETERMINED NOT TO MEET AGREED SPECIFICATIONS.
6. Indemnity.
A. Client's Responsibility. As to materials of any kind
manufactured by [*] or otherwise supplied to CLIENT hereunder, it is
understood and agreed that (1) the specifications for such materials are the
responsibility of CLIENT; (2) [*] has no responsibility for establishing
the safety or efficacy of any such material for any particular use; and (3)
CLIENT shall be solely responsible for compliance of such products and materials
with all legal requirements, including but not limited to applicable
requirements as to safety and efficacy. CLIENT shall indemnify, hold harmless
and make whole [*], its directors, officers and employees, and any legal
entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with [*], from
and against any and all damages, costs, expenses, claims, demands or causes of
action of every kind and character arising out of claims by any third party
(including, without limitation, employees, affiliates or agents of CLIENT) with
respect to services or materials supplied to CLIENT by [*] pursuant to
this Agreement, to the extent such damages, costs, expenses, claims, demands or
causes of action arise solely from CLIENT's negligence.
B. [*] Responsibility. [*] shall indemnify, hold harmless and make
whole CLIENT, its directors, officers and employees, and any legal entity
controlling, controlled or under common control with CLIENT, from and against
any and all damages, costs, expenses, claims, demands or causes of action of
every kind and character arising out of claims by any third party (including,
without limitation, employees, affiliates or agents of CLIENT pursuant to this
Agreement, to the extent such damages, costs, expenses, claims, demands or
causes of action arise solely from [*] negligence.
C. Insurance. Each party shall maintain adequate product liability
insurance to
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support its indemnity hereunder.
7. Confidentiality.
Except as otherwise provided herein, each party may provide to the
other certain Confidential Information (as hereinafter defined) belonging to
it, without conveying any interest or right therein to the recipient, and
without making any Confidential Information public or common knowledge;
A. Confidential Information. For purposes of this Contract, the
term "Confidential Information" shall mean any of the following:
1) Any information, including, but not limited to,
chemical material, biological material, know-how, data, processes,
techniques, algorithms, programs, designs, drawings, formulas or test
data relating to any research project, work-in process, future
development, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, business plan,
servicing, financial or personnel matter, present or future
consultants, investors or business, whether in oral, written, graphic,
electronic or physical form (hereinafter called "Information"); and
2) Any Information disclosed to a party by any third party
which the recipient is obligated to treat as confidential or
proprietary; and
3) Any Information based upon or derived directly or
indirectly, in whole or in part, from Information disclosed by either
party, including but not limited to, any observation concerning any
aspect of such Information, but only to the extent that the derived
Information inherently embodies or discloses the disclosed Information.
B. Nondisclosure of Confidential Information. The recipient of
Confidential Information agrees that during a period of five (5) years from the
date of such receipt, it will not at any time disclose to any person or use for
its own benefit or the benefit of anyone other than the other party any such
Confidential Information without the prior express written consent of the party
from whom it was obtained; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation
shall not apply to any such Confidential Information which:
1) is now, or which hereafter, through no act or failure
to act on the part of the recipient, becomes generally known or
available;
2) is known by the recipient at the time of receiving such
Confidential Information;
3) is hereafter legitimately furnished to the recipient by
a third party; or
4) the recipient can prove was independently developed by
it or its parent, affiliate or subsidiary companies, without use or
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Information.
C. Disclosure of Confidential Information to Employees and Agents.
Each party shall be entitled to consult its employees and agents for the
purpose of evaluating the Confidential Information received under this
Agreement, so long as such employees and agents are enforceably obligated to
comply with such party's obligations under this Agreement.
D. Return of Documents and Property. Upon termination of this
Contract, each party shall promptly deliver to the other all Confidential
Information and other property belonging to the other party which such party
shall have in its possession or under its control, except as the other party
shall, by prior express written permission, allow such party to retain.
However, this paragraph shall not apply to production records and laboratory
notebooks kept in the ordinary course of business.
8. Ownership of Inventions
Unless otherwise agreed, any invention or trade secret and any
materials, documents, programs or synthesis information belonging to CLIENT and
supplied to [*] by CLIENT pursuant to this Contract shall remain the
property of CLIENT.
[*] hereby assigns to CLIENT all right, title and interest in and
to all inventions it makes with respect to the process to manufacture S-303 as
described in the Process (and all proprietary rights with respect thereto)
including, but not limited to, methods of compound synthesis, scale-up and
purification and recognizes that all information arising from its work on the
process to manufacture S-303 as described in the Process, shall be made
available to CLIENT.
9. Miscellaneous
A. This Contract represents the entire agreement of the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof. No modification of the provisions of
this Contract shall be effective unless in writing and signed by a duly
authorized officer of [*] and CLIENT. Any purchase orders issued by CLIENT
shall be subject to this provision.
B. Neither party shall have the right to assign this Contract or
any of the rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
the other party, except that each party may assign all of its rights and
obligations hereunder to a third party of at least equal financial
responsibility as part of an acquisition of all the business of such assigning
party by such third party.
C. If any provision hereof shall be determined to be invalid or
unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the validity of the other
provisions of the Contract.
D. This Contract shall be governed in accordance with the laws of
the State of California without regard to any principle of law referring to
the laws of other jurisdictions.
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E. The waiver by either party or the failure by either party to
claim a breach of any provision of this Contract shall not be deemed to
constitute a waiver or estoppel with respect to any subsequent breach of any
provision hereof.
F. Any dispute between the parties arising out of or concerning
this Contract will be submitted to binding arbitration in Chicago, Illinois, in
accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration
Association, with costs borne equally by both parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this contract as of
the date first above written.
CERUS CORPORATION [*]
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx By: /s/ [*]
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Title: Xxxxx Xxxxxx, President & CEO Title: [*] , President
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Date: 10/1/96 Date: Sept. 25, 1996
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EXHIBIT A
Cerus Corporation Compound S-303 (and salts thereof)
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION ONE
Reduction to Practice and Preparation of non-GMP S-303-HC1 from S-301-HC1
(Provided by Cerus) for Range Finding Toxicology Studies
Overall, [*] will attempt to do the following tasks using a synthetic
scheme provided by Cerus.
Scope of Tasks
1. Transfer pertinent analytical methods and initiate at [*].
2. Do one run following a synthetic scheme provided by Cerus (initial
reduction to practice) noting and recording significant observations.
3. Do one or two runs at an approximate [*] to [*] scale (working scale-up)
to study and show feasibility at a larger scale. Some process improvement
will be attempted, by mutual agreement, at this scale and may include:
increased loading. Reference standards will be taken.
4. Do one or two runs at a development scale designed to produce agreed upon
quantities (non-GMP) of the designated compound.
5. Develop and deliver progress reports every two weeks.
6. Do agreed quality control analysis on material and generate a certificate
of analysis.
7. Ship material to Cerus or designate as directed.
8. Provide process and analytical data for material supplied to Cerus or
designate.
9. Ship to Cerus all significant quantities of S-303 prepared that are not
required by [*].
General Analytical Methods (subject to change)
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Compound or Intermediate Methods (parentheses indicate data taken for
information only)
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S-301 HPLC, IR, (NMR)
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S-302 HPLC, IR, (NMR)
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HPLC, NMR, IR, (Elemental: C,H,N,Cl;
S-303 Solvents by GC)
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Additional Process Improvements to be Attempted (as appropriate and agreed)
- Reduce recrystallization solvent volume where possible (increase loading)
- Reduce [*] volume if possible.
- Improve recrystallization procedure for S-302.
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Cerus Will Provide [*] With:
* Samples of compounds and intermediates (X-000, X-000, S-303)
* Known degradants and impurities as they are identified and isolated. Such
compounds may include: [*], [*] and a [*] of S-301
* HPLC analytical method
* UV spectra of selected compounds
* A starting synthetic scheme for S-303
* Updated synthetic and analytical information as it becomes available
* Sufficient supply of S-301 HCL to meet the needs of [*] to complete the
scope of tasks
Communications:
* Cerus and [*] will have a set-up meeting at a site mutually agreed
upon to initiate the project
* Principal contacts for technical and business matters will be [*] and [*]
respectively
* [*] shall be the principal contact for technical and business matters at
Cerus Corporation.
* [*] personnel will be available during normal business hours by
telephone and fax to support this project. Conference calls may be
conducted as agreed upon.
* Cerus may request process summaries and analytical data be provided
on an as needed basis.
Budget Management
[*] will monitor and report to Cerus project progress regarding effort and
budget spent to date. Agreed upon budget will not be exceeded unless previously
approved by Cerus.
Estimated cost and Timeline for Project Description One
[*] estimates the budget approval necessary (excluding material and waste
disposal costs) to do the work in Project Description One at approximately [*] @
[*] plus materials (material and waste disposal costs carry an 8% handling fee).
Estimated time to completion is approximately [*] to [*] calendar [*] form
starting.
By: /s/ [*] By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: President Title: President & CEO
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Date: Sept. 26, 1996 Date: 10/1/96
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