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The amount of cash payment to the Company upon first commercial sales in the DSE Territory.

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The amount of potential future payment which becomes due with the achievement of the primary MACE in the CLEAR Outcomes study and the CV risk reduction rate on the U.S. label, depending on the range of relative risk reduction in the CLEAR Outcomes study.

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