Compelled Disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on disclosure, the Receiving Party may disclose such Confidential Information of the disclosing Party as is required by any law, rule, regulation, order, decision, decree, subpoena or other legal process to be disclosed, provided that, the Receiving Party first shall notify the disclosing Party (if permitted by law) of such request, and permit the disclosing Party to intervene in any relevant proceedings to protect its interests in the Confidential Information. The Receiving Party shall cooperate with the disclosing Party and provide reasonable assistance to the disclosing Party in seeking to obtain such protection. In any event, the Receiving Party shall only disclose that portion of the Confidential Information that it is reasonably required to comply with the order or Applicable Law.

Disclosures Required by Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Receiving Party may disclose that part of Confidential Information that is required to be disclosed to comply with applicable laws or with a court or administrative order or with the request of any Regulatory Authority, provided that the Receiving Party gives the Disclosing Party prompt and reasonable notification of such requirement prior to such disclosure, takes all reasonable and lawful actions to obtain confidential treatment for such disclosure and to minimize the extent of such disclosure.

In the event that Receiving Party or its Affiliates or any of its or its Affiliates’ Representatives are requested by a governmental or regulatory authority or required by Applicable Law (as reasonably determined by Disclosing Party after consulting with legal counsel), legal process, or the regulations of a stock exchange or governmental or regulatory authority or by the order or ruling of a court, administrative agency or other government body of competent jurisdiction to disclose any Confidential Information, Receiving Party shall promptly, and, in any event, use reasonable efforts to, promptly upon learning of such requirement, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, notify Disclosing Party in writing of such requirement so that Disclosing Party may seek an appropriate protective order or other appropriate remedy (and if Disclosing Party seeks such an order or other remedy, Receiving Party will provide such cooperation, at Disclosing Party’s expense, as Disclosing Party shall reasonably request). If no such protective order or other remedy is obtained and Receiving Party or its Affiliates or its or its Affiliates’ Representatives are, in the view of their respective counsel (which may include their respective internal counsel), legally compelled to disclose Confidential Information, Receiving Party or its Affiliates or its or its Affiliates’ Representatives, as the case may be, shall only disclose that portion of the Confidential Information that their respective counsel advises that Receiving Party or its Affiliates or its or its Affiliates’ Representatives, as the case may be, are compelled to disclose and will exercise reasonable efforts, at Disclosing Party’s expense, to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to that portion of the Confidential Information that is being disclosed. In any event, Receiving Party will not oppose action by Disclosing Party to obtain an appropriate protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information.

in complying with a valid order of a court or other governmental body having jurisdiction or with applicable laws, rules and regulations (including by rules or regulations of any securities exchange or NASDAQ); provided that the Receiving Party shall, except where impracticable, give reasonable advance notice to the Disclosing Party of the required disclosure, and, at the Disclosing Parry’s request and expense, cooperate with the Disclosing Party’s efforts to contest such required disclosure, to obtain a protective order preventing or limiting the disclosure or requiring that the Confidential Information so disclosed be used only for the purposes far which such disclosure is required, or to obtain other confidential treatment of the Confidential Information required to be disclosed. In any event, the Receiving Party shall disclose only such Confidential Information as it is required by such order or applicable law, rule or regulation to disclose and shall only disclose such Confidential Information for the purpose and to the entity(ies) required by such order or applicable law, rule or regulation.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Receiving Party may disclose to any courts and/or other authorities Confidential Information which is or will be required pursuant to applicable governmental or administrative or public law, rule, regulation or order. In such case the Party that received the Confidential Information will, to the extent legally permitted, inform the other Party promptly in writing and cooperate with the Disclosing Party in seeking to minimize the extent of Confidential Information which is required to be disclosed to the courts and/or authorities.

Permitted Disclosure and Use. The Receiving Party shall have the right to disclose Confidential Information if, # in the reasonable opinion of the Receiving Party’s legal counsel, such disclosure is required by any Applicable Laws, provided that the Receiving Party gives adequate prior notice of such disclosure to the Disclosing Party and the Receiving Party uses commercially reasonable efforts to seek confidential treatment of such Confidential Information and to limit the required disclosure to only that which is required; or # a court, tribunal, administrative agency or other Governmental Authority orders such disclosure, provided that the Receiving Party gives adequate prior notice of such disclosure to the Disclosing Party to permit the Disclosing Party to intervene and to request protective orders or other confidential treatment and to limit the scope of any potential disclosure. The Receiving Party will cooperate reasonably with any such efforts by the Disclosing Party. Furthermore, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Party may disclose Confidential Information # as necessary in connection with any financing, merger, sublicensing or similar transaction, subject to confidentiality substantially similar to that required in this Article 6, or as necessary to obtain legal or financial advice from its attorneys, and financial advisors who have an obligation of confidentiality to the Party; and # in connection with prosecuting or defending litigation, Regulatory Approvals, Pricing Approvals and other regulatory filings and communications, and filing, prosecuting and enforcing the Licensed Patents in connection with the Party’s rights and obligations pursuant to this Agreement, where each Party will use reasonable efforts to seek protective orders or other applicable confidentiality, and seek to limit the scope of disclosure, as to any such uses. The Parties shall also be permitted to make disclosures consistent with, and pursuant to, Sections 11.1 and 11.2.

Where the recipient party (or any of its Representatives) is required to disclose the other party’s Confidential Information pursuant to applicable Laws, including any court or administrative proceedings or the like, the recipient party shall immediately notify the other party in writing of such requirement so that the other party has a meaningful opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order to prevent to such disclosure, and if so requested the recipient party shall cooperate in such efforts. If, after providing such notice and assistance as required herein, the recipient party (or any of its Representatives) remains legally required to disclose any Confidential Information, the recipient party (and its Representatives) shall disclose no more than that portion of the Confidential Information which, on the advice of the recipient party’s legal counsel, the recipient party (or its Representatives) is legally required to disclose and, upon the other party’s request, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances from the applicable court or agency that such Confidential Information will be afforded confidential treatment.

The Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information as required to comply with binding orders of governmental entities that have jurisdiction over it, provided that the Receiving Party # gives the Disclosing Party reasonable notice (to the extent permitted by law) to allow the Disclosing Party to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy, # discloses only such information as is required by the governmental entity, and # uses commercially reasonable efforts to obtain confidential treatment for any Confidential Information so disclosed.