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1.57“Law” shall mean any United States federal, state or local, or any non-United States law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order, injunction, decree, arbitration award, agency requirement, license or permit of any Governmental Entity.
1.58“Lookback Period” is defined in Section 11.3(b).
1.59“Losses” is defined in Section 11.1(a).
1.60“Manufacture” (including variations such as“Manufacturing”) means the performance of all operations involved in the manufacture, quality control testing (including in process, release and stability testing, if applicable), release, shipment and storage (if applicable) of BC Parenteral Meloxicam or Finished Meloxicam, as applicable.
1.61“Meloxicam” means an aqueous extended-release formulation of the selective COX-2 inhibitor non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug meloxicam that has been developed by Alkermes using NanoCrystal Technology, including an intravenous or intramuscular form existing as of the Closing Date.
1.62“Meloxicam Letter” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
1.63“NanoCrystal Technology” means Alkermes’ proprietary technology, known as “NanoCrystal® Technology”, and comprising: (a) nanoparticulate dispersions of compounds stabilized against particle growth or agglomeration, and materials, methods and equipment used for making such dispersions; and (b) formulations, including finished formulations incorporating or derived from such dispersions, and materials, methods and equipment used for making such dispersions, provided such formulations, materials, methods and equipment are for the maintenance and control of (i) nanoparticulate size of the nanoparticulate component; (ii) redispersability of the nanoparticle nanoparticulate component in biological fluids; (iii) the rate of release or delivery of the nanoparticle nanoparticulate component in vivo; or (iv) the anatomical site of release of the nanoparticle nanoparticulate component from the finished dosage form of a pharmaceutical product.
1.64“NanoMill System” means the milling systems known as “NanoMill® System” that are part of, or embody, Alkermes intellectual property and which were designed and developed by or on behalf of Alkermes, its Affiliates and predecessers in title, for preparing nanoparticulate dispersions for pharmaceutical formulations, including the milling equipment, related vessels, components, parts, associated manuals, and protocols.
1.65“NDA” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
1.66“Party” and“Parties” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
1.67“Patent” means patents and patent applications (which for purposes of this Agreement shall include certificates of invention and applications for such certificates), including any divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitutions, reissues, re-examinations, revalidations, patent term extensions, pediatric exclusivity extensions, registrations, supplementary protection certificates and renewals of any such patents or patent applications, together with foreign equivalents of any of the foregoing.
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