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Business Alliances
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Business Alliances [Abstract]  
Business Alliances

10. Business Alliances

Sanofi

The Company signed an exclusive licensing agreement and an industrialization agreement with Sanofi, a multinational pharmaceutical company, between June 2008 and July 2009. Under the terms of these agreements, Sanofi has agreed to pay the Company an aggregate of approximately $36.4 million in exclusivity fees and industrialization milestone payments for the exclusive right to negotiate the purchase of the Unifill ready-to-fill (prefilled) syringe (Unifill syringe or product).

Pursuant to the exclusive licensing agreement, Sanofi has paid the Company a €10.0 million ($13.0 million) up front non-refundable one-time fee. During the year ended June 30, 2009, the Company recognized $2.5 million of this up-front payment as revenue and deferred $10.6 million, which is being recognized on a straight-line basis over the remaining term of the agreement.

Pursuant to the industrialization agreement, Sanofi has agreed to pay the Company up to €17.0 million in milestone-based payments to fund the completion of the Company’s industrialization program for the Unifill syringe. During the six months ended December 31, 2011 the Company received and recognized as revenue the final €1.0 million milestone payment under the industrialization agreement.

 

This exclusive right for Sanofi to negotiate for the purchase of the Unifill syringe is limited to the therapeutic drug classes of anti-thrombotic agents, vaccines and four confidential sub-classes until June 30, 2014 (exclusivity list). The Company is able to negotiate with other pharmaceutical companies seeking to utilize the Unifill syringe with drugs targeted for use in therapeutic drug classes outside of those retained by Sanofi under its exclusivity list. Upon mutual agreement by both parties, Sanofi may add additional therapeutic sub-classes to the exclusivity list for the Unifill syringe provided the Company has not previously signed exclusive terms for the product to a third party. The Company is not obligated to sell more than 30% of its annual production capacity for the Unifill syringe to Sanofi without written notification up to two years in advance.

Stason Pharmaceuticals

In March 2010, the Company signed an exclusive five year agreement with Stason Pharmaceuticals; a U.S.-based pharmaceutical company to market its Unitract 1mL syringe in Japan, China and Taiwan. Under the agreement, Stason Pharmaceuticals is required to purchase a minimum of 1.0 million units of the Unitract 1 mL syringe per year during the term of the contract, subject to regulatory approval of the Unitract 1 mL syringe in those markets, which is currently pending.