TERMS OF USE
Welcome to the Vifor Pharma Pty Ltd ("Vifor") website ("Site"). The information provided on this site is for general informational and educational purposes only. Please read and review these Terms of Use ("Terms & Conditions") carefully before accessing or using this Website. By accessing or using this site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to the Terms of Use Agreement as updated by Vifor from time to time. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, you may not access or use the site. Vifor may modify these Terms & Conditions at any time, and such modifications shall be deemed effective immediately upon posting on the Site. Any continued use of the Site shall be deemed conclusive of your acceptance of the modified Terms & Conditions.
The Site may, from time to time, contain information relating to various medical conditions and their treatment. The product related information on this Site is not medical advice and should not be relied upon by any particular individual or for any specific purpose. Any medical questions should be referred to your healthcare professional. If in doubt, please seek medical advice. Through your access to and use of the site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the Terms & Conditions set forth.
1. Use of Site
You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with any Vifor account you use. Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible to Vifor for all activities that occur under your account. You may freely browse the Site and may freely download material therefrom. Any and all downloaded materials may only be used by you for personal, non-commercial use. You may not distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, repost or use any of such materials for public or commercial purposes, without the express written permission of Vifor. All copyright and other proprietary notices contained in downloaded materials must be preserved and retained. All contents of the Site are copyrighted work of Vifor and/or any of Vifor's suppliers or affiliates unless otherwise noted, and may not be used without the express written permission of Vifor or except as provided herein. Images of people or places displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, Vifor. The use of these images by you is strictly prohibited. Unauthorised use of the images may violate copyright, trademark, privacy and/or publicity laws as well as communications regulations and statutes.
2. Limitations on Access
Except as otherwise expressly permitted by Vifor, any access or attempt to access other areas of the Vifor computer system or other information contained on the system for any purpose is strictly prohibited. You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic or manual process or device to "screen scrape", monitor "mine", or copy Web pages on the Site or the content contained therein without Vifor's express written permission. You will not spam any other user of the Site for any reason. You agree that you will not use any devices, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Vifor's infrastructure. You may not use framing techniques to enclose any Vifor trademark, logo, trade name or other proprietary information, including images, frames, content, or layout/design found on any page of the Site without Vifor's express written consent.
3. Forward Looking Statements
This page may contain forward-looking information. Such information is subject to a variety of significant uncertainties, including scientific, business, economic and financial factors, and therefore actual results may differ significantly from those presented.
4. Timeliness of Information
Vifor uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information in the Site, however, since information changes so quickly, Vifor is unable to make any warranties or representations as to its accuracy. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER VIFOR PHARMA PTY LTD NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES ASSUME ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR, OR MAKES ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE RELIABILITY, ACCURACY, VALIDITY, TIMELINESS, USEFULNESS OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION ON THE SITE.
5. Privacy Policy
Vifor respects the privacy of its users and has created a Privacy Policy that explains users' rights and responsibilities with respect to personal information disclosed on the Site. To read our Privacy Policy, please click here.
6. Liability
Your use of the Site is at your own risk. In no event shall Vifor or any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the Site be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive loss or damages, or damages resulting from lost profits, lost data or business interruption) arising out of your access to, use of or inability to access or use, the Site or any errors or omissions in its content. This includes damages to or viruses that may infect your computer equipment. Vifor does not guarantee or warrant that files available for download from this Site will be free of infection from viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that manifests contaminating or destructive properties. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you "AS IS" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. All users access and use this Site and its content at their own risk. Vifor does not accept responsibility for information on other sites, including those linked to this Site. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Vifor, its officers, directors, employees, agents, suppliers and third party partners from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation by you of these Terms & Conditions, or any activity related to your account (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the Site using your account.
8. Confidentiality
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in our Privacy Policy, any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including but not limited to, any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like is, and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary information. Vifor, or any of its affiliates, may use such communication or material for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and further posting. Further Vifor, and its affiliates, are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any communication or material you send to the site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products.
9. Trademarks
The trademarks, brand names, logos and related tag-lines and service marks (collectively, the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site, whether or not appearing in large print or with the trade mark symbol (™), are registered and unregistered trademarks of Vifor Inc, its affiliates, related companies or its licensors or joint venture partners. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts are service marks, trademarks and or trade dress of Vifor and may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Vifor. You acknowledge that the Trademarks used and displayed on this site are and shall remain the sole property of Vifor or the Trademark owner. Nothing contained in this Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right in and to the Trademarks without the express written permission of Vifor or the Trademark owner. Your misuse of the Trademarks on the Site and in its contents, except as provided in these Terms & Conditions, is strictly prohibited. You are advised that Vifor will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights in the Site and its contents to the fullest extent of the law, including by seeking criminal sanctions.
10. Copyrights
Vifor grants you the privilege of accessing and viewing the text, graphics, audio, design, images, charts and other content (the "Vifor Content") on the Site solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Vifor may revoke such privilege at any time with or without notice for any reason or no reason. Any and all Vifor Content, software and other works on the Site and any reproductions of any of the foregoing (collectively, "Works") are the intellectual property of Vifor Pharma Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. Other than the limited grant of access to and viewing of the Vifor Content set forth above, Vifor grants you no other privileges or rights in any of the Works. You acknowledge that any other use of the Works, including without limitation, reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, or performance, without the prior written permission of Vifor, is strictly prohibited.
11. Editorial Policy
Vifor reserves the right to alter or delete material from the Site at any time.
12. No Endorsement
Certain links on the Site lead to resources located on servers that are not maintained by Vifor or under its control. We provide such links merely for our users' convenience. Vifor is not responsible for the content of any such referenced Web Sites or for the availability of access to such websites. Inclusion on the Site of any link to another website, or any reference to any product or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation by Vifor. Access to other sites linked to this Site is at your own risk, and we disclaim all liability with regard to your access to such linked sites.
13. Void Where Prohibited
Although the information on this Site is accessible worldwide, not all products or services discussed in this Site are available and may not be applicable to all persons or in all geographic locations or jurisdictions. Vifor reserves the right to limit provision of our products or services to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction and/or to limit the quantities of any products or services we provide. Any offer for any product or service made in the materials on this Site is void where prohibited.
14. Miscellaneous
These Terms & Conditions, together with our Privacy Policy and any other agreement that may be entered into by you and Vifor in connection with a specific product or service of Vifor, constitute the entire agreement between you and Vifor and supersede any and all other agreements, representations and understandings, whether written or oral. Vifor may modify or amend these Terms & Conditions and the Privacy Policy at any time without notice to you. You should regularly review these Terms & Conditions for any modifications or amendments to these Terms & Conditions as your continued use of the Site after a modification or amendment signifies your assent and agreement to these Terms & Conditions, as amended. If any clause or provision set forth in these Terms & Conditions is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future law, then, you understand and agree that the clause or provision so determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable shall be severable without affecting the enforceability of all remaining clauses or provisions. These Terms & Conditions and your use of the Site and any products and services provided by the Site shall be governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia. The headings used in these Terms & Conditions are for convenience only and such headings are not to be used in determining the meaning or interpretation of these Terms & Conditions.