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 1492 "Penicillin." "Therapeuticequiv- alent." "Contracting Offi- cer." "Authorized repre- sentative." Studies and experi- mental investigations. Reports. "The subject work." Termination of sub- jeot work. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. Now, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS: ARTICLE 1. Definitions. "Penicillin" refers to any sulfur-contain- ing antimicrobial compound, characterized by degradation to peni- cillamine, which may be obtained as the result of the growth of some strain of Peniciiuwm Notatumn. "Therapeutic equivalent" refers to any substance which exerts antimicrobial action, irrespective of the degree of its potency, substantially similar to that of penicillin, and which possesses a structure analogous to, homologous with, or derived from that of penicillin, or which on degradation can yield either (i) penicillamine or a homolog or an analog or a derivative thereof, or (ii) penaldic acid or a homolog or an analog or a derivative thereof. "Con- tracting Officer" refers to the present Contracting Officer and his suc- cessors in office. An "authorized representative" can act hereunder only in the limited respects and to the extent specified in provi- sions of this contract wherein the term "authorized representative" is specifically used. "Authorized representative" refers to any person designated as such by the Contracting Office, who initially so desig- nates: the Chairman of the Committee on Medical Research. ARTICLE 2. (a) Subject Work. The Contractor shall, with the utmost dispatch, supply the necessary personnel and facilities for and conduct studies and experimental investigations in connection with (i) the chemical structure of penicillin and (ii) the synthesis of penicillin or a therapeutic equivalent. The Contractor shall also (iii) report to the Contracting Officer or an authorized representative immediately after the execution hereof its present knowledge concerning the purifi- cation and chemical structure of penicillin, including any such knowl- edge received under agreements with other organizations, (iv) report the progress of such studies and investigations on the 15th day of each month during the term hereof and from time to time upon discovering new information, (v) keep books and records showing the status of such studies and experimental investigations, and (vi) furnish to the Contracting Officer or an authorized representative a complete and final report of its findings and conclusions. Such reports shall be furnished in such quantity and form as may be required by the Con- tracting Officer or an authorized representative. The Contractor's undertakings under this paragraph are hereinafter called "the subject work." (b) Termination. The subject work shall terminate either (i) on December 1,1944, or (ii) upon the termination of the present hostilities between the Government and Germany and Japan, whichever period is longer, or (iii) upon the earlier satisfactory completion of the subject work, but the rights and obligations of the parties hereto with respect to patent rights governed hereby shall continue during the life of such patent rights. (c) Acceleration of Termination. The Contracting Officer may at any time advance the date fixed under paragraph (b) by giving the Contractor thirty (30) days' notice in writing that the subject work shall terminate at a specified earlier date.

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