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Terms and Conditions

  1. You may freely browse the Site, but you may only download information from this Site, including any text, images, audio, and video (the "Information") for non-commercial personal use. You may not, however, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, repost, or use the Information for public or commercial purposes, without written permission of Novartis Pharma AG.
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  3. With the exception of the foregoing limited authorization, no license to or right in the Information, or any copyright of Novartis Pharma AG or of any other party is granted or conferred to you.
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  5. While Novartis Pharma AG uses reasonable efforts to ensure that the Information is accurate and up to date, the Information may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Novartis Pharma AG reserves the right to make changes, corrections and/or improvements to the Information, and to the products and programs described in such information, at any time without notice. Novartis Pharma AG makes no warranties or representations as to the accuracy of any of the Information. Novartis Pharma AG assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Site . ALL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. Novartis Pharma AG also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of the Information.
  6. Except for information covered by our Privacy Policy, any communication or material you transmit to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and nonproprietary. Anything you transmit or post becomes the property of Novartis Pharma AG or its affiliates and may be used for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, Novartis Pharma AG is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information.
  7. Novartis Pharma AG Internet sites may contain information on its worldwide products and services, not all of which are available in every location. A reference to a Novartis Pharma AG product or service on a Novartis Pharma AG Internet site does not imply that such product or service is or will be available in your location.
  8. Novartis Pharma AG has not reviewed any or all of the the third-party websites which contain links to this Site and is not responsible for the content of any such off-site pages or any other sites linked to the Site. If your wish to link your website to this Site, you may only link to the home page. You may not link to any other pages within this Site without the prior written consent of Novartis Pharma AG.
  9. Novartis Pharma AG accepts no liability for links from us to others, and in particular we are not responsible for the accuracy or legality of the content thereof. We accept no liability deriving from a breach or omission in the privacy policies of third parties.
  10. Although Novartis Pharma AG may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Site, Novartis Pharma AG is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, privacy disclosure or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. Novartis Pharma AG will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Novartis Pharma AG to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.
  11. If Novartis Pharma AG becomes aware that you have violated any of the terms and conditions contained in this Legal Statement, Novartis Pharma AG, may immediately take corrective action, including preventing the user from using the services offered by Novartis Pharma AG and take down any information, data and content put on the Site by the user, at any moment and without notice. Novartis Pharma AG does not accept any liability derived from this action.
  12. You will indemnify Novartis Pharma AG, save harmless, from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands, proceedings (whether legal or administrative) and expenses arising out of or relating to any use of any discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like contained on this Site, including any that may arise from a violation of this notice. Such claims shall include, but shall not be limited to, claims based upon trademark, service mark, trade name, copyright and patent infringement, trademark dilution, tortious interference with contract or prospective business relations, unfair competition, defamation or injury to reputation, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or other injuries or damage to business.

Novartis Pharma AG may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound.