Terms Of Use
1. Acceptance
Your access to and use of this Site is subject to the
following terms and conditions and all applicable laws. By accessing
and browsing this Site, you accept, without limitation or
qualification, these Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that any
other agreements regarding the use of this Site between you and
Novartis New Zealand Limited are superseded and of no force or
effect.
2. Medical Information/Conditions
Product information on this web site is provided by Novartis New
Zealand Limited and is intended for general information purposes
only. Many Pharmaceutical and medical device products listed are
available upon prescription from a medical doctor or qualified
medical professional only, and not all such products may be
available in all countries. The product information is not intended
to provide complete medical information. SHOULD YOU HAVE A MEDICAL
CONDITION, PROMPTLY SEE YOUR OWN MEDICAL DOCTOR OR HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER. WE DO NOT OFFER PERSONALIZED MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS OR
PATIENT-SPECIFIC TREATMENT ADVICE. You should always obtain complete
medical information about your prescription medicines or medical
devices (including their beneficial medical uses and possible
adverse effects) by discussing the appropriate use of any
medicine(s) or medical devices directly with your prescribing
physician or, where appropriate, other medical advisor. Medical
professionals may obtain complete medical information from the
product's information leaflet. Information on these products may
vary by country. Patients, physicians and other medical
professionals should check with local medical resources and
regulatory authorities for information appropriate to their country.
In addition, current regulations in many countries limit (or even
prohibit in some instances) the ability of Novartis New Zealand
Limited to provide information and/or to respond directly to patient
questions regarding its prescription products. Novartis New Zealand
Limited, however, will respond to inquiries from and provide
information to your qualified health care professional in accordance
with local regulations.
3. Use of Information
You may freely browse the Site, but you may only access, download or
use information from this Site, including any text, images, audio,
and video (the "Information") for your own non-commercial use. You
may not distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, repost, or use the
Information for commercial purposes, without written permission of
Novartis New Zealand Limited. You must retain and reproduce each and
every copyright notice or other proprietary rights notice contained
in any Information you download. You should assume that everything
you see or read on this Site is copyrighted unless otherwise noted
and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions
or in the text on the Site without the written permission of
Novartis New Zealand Limited. Novartis New Zealand Limited neither
warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the
Site will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or
affiliated with Novartis New Zealand Limited. With the exception of
the foregoing limited authorization, no license to or right in the
Information, or any copyright of Novartis New Zealand Limited or of
any other party is granted or conferred to you.
4. Trademarks/Proprietary Rights
You should assume that all product names appearing on this Site,
whether or not appearing in large print or with the trademark symbol
are trademarks of Novartis. This Site may also contain or reference
patents, proprietary information, technologies, products, processes
or other proprietary rights of Novartis New Zealand Limited and/or
other parties. No license to or right in any such trademarks,
patents, trade secrets, technologies, products, processes and other
proprietary rights of Novartis New Zealand Limited and/or other
parties is granted to or conferred upon you.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
While Novartis New Zealand Limited uses reasonable efforts to ensure
that the Information is accurate and up to date, the Information may
contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Novartis New
Zealand Limited 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 New Zealand Limited makes no warranties or representations
as to the accuracy of any of the Information. Novartis New Zealand
Limited assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or
omissions in the content of the Site . ALL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED
"AS IS." NOVARTIS PROVIDES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE COMPLETENESS OR
ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE OR ITS POSSIBLE USES.
CONSEQUENTLY, THE INFORMATION SHOULD BE CAREFULLY EVALUATED BY SITE
VISITORS. NEITHER Novartis New Zealand Limited, NOR ANY OTHER
NOVARTIS GROUP COMPANY, NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING,
PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THIS SITE TO YOU SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF ACCESS TO, USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE, OR
ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT OF THE SITE. Some
jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so
the above exclusion may not apply to you. Novartis New Zealand
Limited 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. Novartis New Zealand Limited reserves the right to
discontinue this Site at any time without notice and without
liability.
6. Information You Supply To Us
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 non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post becomes the
property of Novartis New Zealand Limited or its affiliates and may
be used for any purpose, including, but not limited to,
reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and
posting. Furthermore, Novartis New Zealand Limited is free to use,
without compensation to you, 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. Worldwide Products
This Site may contain information on worldwide products and
services, not all of which are available in every location. A
reference to a product or service on this Site does not imply that
such product or service is or will be available in your location.
The products referred to on this Site may be subject to different
regulatory requirements depending on the country of use.
Consequently, visitors may be notified that certain sections of this
Site are intended only for certain kinds of expert users or only for
audiences in certain countries. You should not construe anything on
this Site as a promotion or advertisement for any product or for the
use of any product that is not authorized by the laws and
regulations of your country of residence.
8. Disclaimer
Nothing on this Site constitutes an invitation or offer to invest or
deal in the securities or American Depositary Receipts of Novartis.
In particular, actual results and developments may be materially
different from any forecast, opinion or expectation expressed on
this Site and the past performance of the price of securities must
not be relied on as a guide to their future performance.
9. Links To This Site
Novartis New Zealand Limited has not reviewed any or all of 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 you 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 New Zealand Limited. Quotation or use of one or more
portions of this Site in the site of any third parties without
written consent is likewise prohibited.
10. Links To Other Sites
Links to third-party sites may be provided for the interest or
convenience of visitors to this Site. We will endeavour to inform
you when you are leaving this Site that the terms of use and privacy
policy of the third-party site may be different. However, Novartis
New Zealand Limited 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.
11. Postings To This Site
Although Novartis New Zealand Limited may from time to time monitor
or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin
boards, and the like on the Site, Novartis New Zealand Limited 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 offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate
any law. Novartis New Zealand Limited will fully cooperate with any
law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing
Novartis New Zealand Limited to disclose the identity of anyone
posting any such information or materials.
12. Consequences
If we become aware that you have violated any of the terms and
conditions contained in this Legal Statement, we may immediately
take corrective action, including preventing the user from using the
services offered by Novartis New Zealand Limited and removing any
information, data and content put on the Site by the user, at any
moment and without notice. If we have been injured by your violation
we may, in our sole discretion, seek to recover damages from you.
13. Revisions
Novartis New Zealand Limited 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.
