Neither Party may assign this Agreement, in any manner including by operation of law, without the consent of the other Party, except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.3. Either Party may assign this Agreement in whole or in part to any Affiliate without the consent of the other Party. Either Party may also assign this Agreement, without the consent of the other Party, to any successor or Third Party that acquires all or substantially all of the business or assets of the assigning Party to which this Agreement relates, whether by sale, transfer, merger, reorganization, operation of law or otherwise, and Novartis may assign this Agreement to any Third Party in connection with any divestiture undertaken to satisfy an applicable governmental authority or agency; provided , that in each case such assigning Party provides the other Party with written notice of such assignment and the assignee agrees in writing to assume performance of all assigned obligations. The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the successors, heirs, administrators and permitted assigns of the Parties.  Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 10.3 shall be null and void.