AMENDMENT TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

EX-10.83 7 dex1083.htm AMENDMENT TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Amendment to Settlement Agreement

EXHIBIT 10.83

AMENDMENT TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

WHEREAS, on or about July 11, 2007, a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) was entered into among the United States of America, acting through its Department of Justice and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS-OIG”), the United States Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”), and the United States Department of Defense TRICARE Management Activity (“TMA”) (collectively the “United States”); Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“JPI”) and Orphan Medical, Inc. (which merged in 2008 into Orphan Medical, LLC) (“Orphan”) (JPI and Orphan are collectively referred to as “Defendants”); and Shelley Lauterbach (the “Relator”); through their authorized representatives (collectively, all of the above will be referred to as “the Parties”);

WHEREAS, the Settlement Agreement resolved certain claims that the United States and Relator had against Defendants regarding the marketing of the drug Xyrem, including claims under the federal False Claims Act;

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Settlement Agreement, Defendants agreed to make payments to the United States pursuant to a schedule annexed to the Settlement Agreement (the “Schedule”);

WHEREAS, the Settlement Agreement requires Defendants to make a payment to the United States on January 15, 2009;

WHEREAS, due to a change in their financial condition, Defendants have requested that the Schedule be amended so that their January 15, 2009 payment becomes due on October 15, 2009;

WHEREAS, following the United States review of Defendants’ current financial condition, the United States and Relator consent to such an amendment of the Settlement Agreement;

 

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THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree to the following:

1. The Schedule is amended as follows: Defendants’ January 15, 2009 payment to the United States is now due on October 15, 2009.

2. Defendants and Relator represent that this Amendment is freely and voluntarily entered into without any degree of duress or compulsion whatsoever.

3. The individuals signing this Amendment on behalf of Defendants represent and warrant that they are authorized by Defendants to execute this Amendment. The individual signing this Amendment on behalf of Relator represents and warrants that he is authorized by Relator to execute this Amendment. The United States signatories represent that they are signing this Amendment in their official capacities and that they are authorized to execute this Amendment.

4. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which constitutes an original and all of which constitute one and the same Amendment.

5. This Amendment is binding on Defendants’ successors, transferees, heirs, and assigns.

6. This Amendment is binding on Relator’s successors, transferees, heirs, and assigns.

7. All Parties consent to the United States’ disclosure of this Amendment, and information about this Amendment, to the public.

8. This Amendment is effective on the date of signature of the last signatory to the Amendment (the “Effective Date of this Amendment”). Facsimiles of signatures shall constitute acceptable, binding signatures for purposes of this Amendment.

 

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

    BENTON J. CAMPBELL
    United States Attorney
    Eastern District of New York
DATED:   2/4/09     BY:   /s/ Paul Kaufman
        PAUL KAUFMAN
        Assistant United States Attorney
        Chief, Civil Health Care Fraud
        United States Attorney’s Office
        Eastern District of New York
DATED:   2/4/09     BY:   /s/ Brian McCabe
        BRIAN McCABE
        Trial Attorney
        Commercial Litigation Branch
        Civil Division
        United States Department of Justice
DATED:   2/18/09     BY:   /s/ Gregory E. Demske
        GREGORY E. DEMSKE
        Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs
        Office of Counsel to the Inspector General
        Office of Inspector General
        United States Department of Health and Human Services
DATED:   2/10/09     BY:   /s/ Laurel C. Gillespie
        LAUREL C. GILLESPIE
        Deputy General Counsel
        TRICARE Management Activity
        United States Department of Defense

 

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DATED:   2/3/06     BY:   /s/ Lorraine E. Dettman
        LORRAINE E. DETTMAN
        Assistant Director for Insurance Service Programs
        Center for Retirement and Insurance Services
        United States Office of Personnel Management
DATED:   2/4/09     BY:   /s/ J. David Cope
        J.DAVID COPE
        Assistant Inspector General For Legal Affairs
        United States Office of Personnel Management

 

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JPI AND ORPHAN - Defendants

 

DATED:   2/6/09     BY:   /s/ Samuel R. Saks
        SAMUEL R. SAKS, M.D.
        Chief Executive Officer
        Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc
DATED:   2/6/09     BY:   /s/ Bob Myers
        ROBERT MYERS.
        Member
        Orphan Medical, LLC
DATED:   2/6/09     BY:   /s/ Mark Jensen
        J. SEDWICK SOLLERS III, Esq.
        MARK A. JENSEN, Esq.
        King & Spalding LLP
        Counsel for Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. and
        Orphan Medical, LLC

 

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RELATOR

 

DATED:   2/4/09     BY:   /s/ Shelley Lauterbach
        SHELLEY LAUTERBACH
        Relator
DATED:   2/4/09     BY:   /s/ Larry Zoglin
        LARRY ZOGLIN, Esq.
        Phillips and Cohen LLP
        Counsel for Relator

 

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