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Records; Audits. Each Party shall keep or cause to be kept such records as are reasonably required to determine, in a manner, with respect to any financial records, consistent with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, the amounts due under this Agreement and whether or not such Party is complying with the terms of this Agreement; such records must be kept for a minimum of three (3) years following the calendar year to which such records pertain. Each Party shall permit the other Party, at the other Party’s expense, to engage an independent certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the first Party, at reasonable times not more than once a year and upon reasonable notice, to examine only those records as may be necessary to determine, with respect to any calendar year ending not more than five (5) years prior to the other Party’s request, the correctness or completeness of any report or payment made under this Agreement. The Party undertaking such audit or examination shall promptly provide a copy of the results thereof to the other Party. The Party undertaking such audit or examination shall bear the full cost of the performance of any such audit or examination, unless such audit or examination discloses an underpayment exceeding five percent (5%) of the amount actually due hereunder with respect to any particular calendar quarter, in which case the other Party shall bear the reasonable, documented cost of the performance of such audit or examination. The Party whose records are being audited or examined shall promptly pay to the other Party the amount of any underpayment of royalties revealed by such an audit or examination plus any interest due therein pursuant to Section 5.8. Any overpayment revealed by such an audit or examination shall, in the sole discretion of the Party making such overpayment, # be fully-creditable against future payments due under this Agreement or # refunded within thirty (30) days of its written request therefor.

Records & Audits. SCI agrees to maintain records of all Consulting Services performed under this Agreement in accordance with the FDA’s archival guidelines. Therapeutics may review the records of SCI relating to the Consulting Services performed and expenses incurred to assure compliance with all provisions of this Agreement, provided that such inspection may take place # only upon reasonable prior written notice (not less than ten (10) business days) and during SCI’s regular business hours.

Records and Audits. Each Party, respectively, shall maintain records during the Term of the Agreement and for at least seven (7) years thereafter, in sufficient detail to permit ready verification of Affiliate’s Reimbursement Requests and Parent’s Reimbursements thereunder. Such records shall be made available to the other Party or its designee for inspection, audit and certification as may be reasonably necessary. If, as a result of any audit verification or certification, there is an adjustment in the Reimbursements determined under this Agreement, settlement amounts resulting from such adjustments shall be paid promptly following the date of such adjustment.

Financial Records; Audits. Each Party will maintain complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to permit the other Party to confirm the accuracy of the amount to be reimbursed, pursuant to this Article 11, with respect to Research Costs, Development Costs, Joint Commercialization Costs or other amounts to be reimbursed or shared hereunder incurred or generated (as applicable) by such Party, achievement of sales milestones, royalty payments and other compensation or reimbursement payable under this Agreement. Upon reasonable prior notice, such records will be open during regular business hours for a period of ​ from the creation of individual records for examination at the auditing Party’s expense, and not more often than once each calendar year, by an independent certified public accountant selected by the auditing Party and reasonably acceptable to the audited Party for the sole purpose of verifying for the auditing Party the accuracy of the financial statements or reports or sales milestone notices furnished by the audited Party pursuant to this Agreement or of any payments made, or required to be made, by or to the audited Party to the other pursuant to this Agreement. A Party may not audit the same period more than once. Any such auditor will not disclose the audited Party’s confidential information to the auditing Party, except to the extent such disclosure is necessary to verify the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by the audited Party or the amount of payments due by the audited Party under this Agreement. Any amounts shown to be owed but unpaid, or overpaid and in need of reimbursement, will be paid or refunded (as the case may be) within ​ days after the accountant’s report, plus interest (as set forth in Section 11.16) from the original due date (unless challenged in good faith by the audited Party, in which case any undisputed portion will be paid in accordance with the foregoing timetable, any dispute with respect to such challenge will be resolved in accordance with Article 17, any remaining disputed portion will be paid within ​ days after resolution of the dispute, and interest will not accrue with respect to the disputed portion during the period of time the dispute is being resolved). The auditing Party will bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit reveals an overpayment to, or an underpayment by, the audited Party that resulted from a discrepancy in a report that the audited Party provided to the other Party during the applicable audit period, which underpayment or overpayment was more than ​ of the amount set forth in such report, in which case the audited Party will bear the full cost of such audit.

Records and Audits. Zai Lab will maintain (and will cause its Affiliates, licensees and/or sublicensees to maintain) accurate books and records of accounting to document the sales of Products and the calculation of royalties payable to GSK in the Territory. For a period of ​ following the end of the relevant calendar year, the relevant books and records will, upon written request by GSK, be made reasonably available for inspection by an internationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants (to be selected by GSK and reasonably acceptable to Zai Lab) as reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of royalty reports for the relevant period. Access to such books and records shall be during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice; provided that in no event will any such audits or inspections be conducted more frequently than ​. The auditors will, upon request, enter into a confidentiality agreement as reasonably requested by Zai Lab. The auditors will be permitted to disclose to GSK whether the royalty reports are correct or incorrect, the details and amounts of any discrepancies, and the books and records as well as associated documentations that illustrate the discrepancies. The auditors will also provide to Zai Lab, upon request, a copy of any audit reports and findings that are provided to GSK as a result of such inspection. If the auditors correctly identify any underpayments or overpayments, the amount of any underpayments will be paid to GSK by Zai Lab within ​ days of notification of the results of such inspection, and any overpayments will be fully creditable against amounts payable to GSK in subsequent periods. GSK will be solely responsible for the costs and expenses of any such audit inspections, except that in the event of an underpayment of aggregate royalties due and payable to GSK for a calendar year of more than ​ of the total amount properly due, Zai Lab will reimburse GSK for all the reasonable and documented audit fees expenses charged by the auditors for such audit inspection within ​ days after receipt of auditor’s report, and pay to GSK within ​ days after receipt of such report the deficiency not previously paid plus the interests calculated based on Section 4.6(d).

Litigation, Investigations, Audits, Etc. There shall be no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending against, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against or in any other manner relating adversely to, the Borrower or any of its respective properties, in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority (including the FCC), except # such as affect the telecommunications industry generally or # as disclosed in the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Service Provider shall be responsible for maintaining full and accurate books, records and accounts of all Services rendered pursuant to this Agreement in such a way as to disclose clearly and accurately the nature and detail thereof, including without limitation such accounting information as is necessary to support the reasonableness of charges under this Agreement and such additional information as Recipient may reasonably request for purposes of its internal bookkeeping and accounting operations. Service Provider shall keep such books, records and accounts insofar as they pertain to the computation of charges hereunder available at its principal offices for audit, inspection and copying by Recipient and persons authorized by it or any governmental agency having jurisdiction over Recipient during all reasonable business hours. Service Provider will provide to Recipient, at Service Provider’s principal office in New York, computer access to the electronic system that generates the electronic records with respect to Recipient’s business. Computer access to the electronic data media used to maintain accounting records relating to Recipient’s business will be readily available, easily accessible and in a readable format during all normal business hours. Service Provider will maintain format integrity and compatibility of the electronic records to ensure such records that constitute the accounting records relating to Recipient’s business are current and accessible. Service Provider shall verify that all accounting transactions are currently prepared and reflected in Service Provider’s records through reconciliation of bank and other accounting records provided by Service Provider and by review of general ledgers. Service Provider shall maintain backup records in the event of disaster.

Section # Audits 21

Except as set forth on [Schedule 5.15(d)], no federal, state, local or foreign audits, examinations, investigations or other administrative proceedings (such audits, examinations, investigations and other administrative proceedings referred to collectively as “Audits”) or court proceedings are presently pending with regard to any Taxes or Tax Returns filed by or on behalf of a Subject Company.

Section # Audits of Medexus.

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