UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 31, 2011
BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES
CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware | 001-34236 | 11-3054851 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer |
Of Incorporation) | Identification No.) |
35 Wilbur Street
Lynbrook, NY 11563
(Address
of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
516.593.7000
(Registrants telephone number,
including area code)
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INTRODUCTORY COMMENT
Throughout this Current Report on Form 8-K, the terms we, us, our and Company refer to BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.
ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
Second Amended and Restated Development and License Agreement with Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
As previously reported, on June 3, 2004 the Company and Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Auxilium) entered into a development and license agreement (the Original Agreement). Also as previously reported, the Company and Auxilium amended the Original Agreement on May 10, 2005 and December 15, 2005 and subsequently, on December 11, 2008, amended and restated the Original Agreement by entering into an amended and restated development and license agreement (the Amended and Restated Agreement), which became effective December 17, 2008.
Under the Amended and Restated Agreement, the Company granted to Auxilium exclusive worldwide rights under certain licensed technology to develop, market and sell certain products containing the Companys injectable collagenase enzyme (the Enzyme), which Auxilium refers to as XIAFLEX® (collagenase Clostridium histolyticum), other than dermal formulations labeled for topical administration (such pharmaceutical product, the Product) for clinical indications in Dupuytrens contracture, Peyronies disease and Frozen Shoulder syndrome (collectively, the Licensed Indications). The Company also granted Auxilium an exclusive option to license additional indications. In partial consideration of the rights granted to Auxilium under the Amended and Restated Agreement, the Company received 8.5% of the sublicense income paid to Auxilium by Pfizer, Inc. (Pfizer) in connection with a development, commercialization and supply agreement, dated December 17, 2008, as well as certain milestone payments.
On August 31, 2011, the Company and Auxilium entered into a second amended and restated development and license agreement (the Second Amended and Restated Agreement) under which the Company and Auxilium clarified and changed certain rights and obligations of the parties, including, but not limited to, the following:
The foregoing is a summary description of certain terms of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and, by its nature, is incomplete. It is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement, attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. All readers are encouraged to read the entire text of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement. Certain terms of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement have been omitted from this Current Report on Form 8-K and the version of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto pursuant to a Confidential Treatment Request that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the time of the filing this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Settlement Agreement with Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
As previously reported, on February 15, 2011, Auxilium filed a complaint against the Company in the Court of Common Pleas in Chester County, Pennsylvania concerning the Companys right to conduct clinical trials without prior approval of the parties joint development committee. Also, as previously reported, on May 2, 2011, the Company filed a complaint against Recipharm AB, RecipharmCobra Holdings Limited (the Recipharm entities, collectively Cobra) and Auxilium in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in Nassau County, New York alleging that Auxilium had wrongfully, and in breach of its agreement with the Company, interfered with our rights under a material transfer agreement between the Company and Cobra. On August 31, 2011, the Company and Auxilium entered into a settlement agreement (the Settlement Agreement), pursuant to which the parties settled all pending litigation and resolved other outstanding disputes between them.
Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement and certain assignment agreements executed in connection therewith, the Company became a co-owner with Auxilium of the 560 Patent and any continuations and divisionals thereof. The parties also agreed to certain clarifications as to intellectual property matters and amounts owed between the parties. The effectiveness of the Settlement Agreement was conditioned, in part, upon the execution by the parties of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement.
The foregoing is a summary description of certain terms of the Settlement Agreement and, by its nature, is incomplete. It is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Settlement Agreement, attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. All readers are encouraged to read the entire text of the Settlement Agreement. Certain terms of the Settlement Agreement have been omitted from this Current Report on Form 8-K and the version of the Settlement Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto pursuant to a Confidential Treatment Request that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the time of the filing this Current Report on Form 8-K.
ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
On August 31, 2011, the Company issued a press release announcing:
The full text of such press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit |
10.1# | |
10.2# | |
99.1 |
Press Release, dated August 31, 2011, issued by BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. |
#Confidential treatment requested under 17 C.F.R. §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 240.24b -2. The confidential portions of this exhibit have been omitted and are marked accordingly. The confidential portions have been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: September 1, 2011 | BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP. |
(Registrant) | |
/s/ Thomas L. Wegman | |
Thomas L. Wegman | |
President |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit |
10.1# | |
10.2# | |
99.1 |
Press Release, dated August 31, 2011, issued by BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. |
#Confidential treatment requested under 17 C.F.R. §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 240.24b -2. The confidential portions of this exhibit have been omitted and are marked accordingly. The confidential portions have been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.