Terms & Conditions

Welcome to www.pharmaphorum.com (the Website), which is provided by pharmaphorum Limited, whose registered office is at 13 Vansittart Estate, Windsor, SL4 1SE, United Kingdom (company number: 06995362) (pharmaphorum). You may access and use the Website only if you agree to be legally bound by the terms and conditions set out below (this agreement). This agreement also incorporates the Rules for Submission, which can also be found on the Website. If you do not agree to be legally bound by this agreement, please do not access or use the Website.

Changes to agreement

We may make changes to the Website, including this agreement and the Rules for Submission, at any time. You will be legally bound by the updated or amended agreement from the first time that you access the site after we put the updated or amended agreement on-line. Your continued use of pharmaphorum means that you accept any new or modified terms. So please check back here from time to time.

Registration

By registering with the Website, you warrant and represent that all information you provide in the registration is accurate. Users may only maintain one active registration. In other words, it’s one registration per person. By accepting this agreement, you certify that you have no other registration with the Website. You may not register a username that contains any trade mark, reference to any business or website name.

Intellectual property rights

In using the Website you must respect the intellectual property rights of pharmaphorum and others. Your unauthorised use may violate copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, communications, database right and other laws, and any as such use may result in your personal liability, including potential criminal liability.

Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, all of the Content is the property of pharmaphorum or has been licensed for use by pharmaphorum and is protected by UK and international laws. ‘pharmaphorum’ is an unregistered trade mark of pharmaphorum Limited. All rights are hereby reserved by pharmaphorum Limited. Content means any information, mode of expression, news, article, directory, database, image, trade mark, trade name, logo or other material or works found on the Website. This includes discussion boards, chat, software, our writings, graphics and any and all other features found on the Website.

For non-commercial personal use you may copy, download, or print off copies of the Content. You may not otherwise download or copy, store in any medium (including any other website), distribute, transmit, re-transmit, modify or show in public any part of the Website or the Content without the prior written consent of pharmaphorum Limited. If you wish to make inquiries about a licence to reproduce material from the websites of pharmaphorum, please contact us.

By posting material on the Website, you warrant and represent that it does not infringe any third party rights. You agree to be bound by the Rules for Submission.

Rules for Submission

The forum is an online community of like-minded individuals and in order to keep it running smoothly, legally and in good humour, we ask our users to adhere to the rules outlined below. Please bear in mind that our rules are designed to ensure the Website is safe to read at work and is a pleasant place to be for all users. The Website encourages active and open debate among our members. All that we ask is that it’s done in a lawful and civil manner. Accordingly, you agree to use the Website for lawful purposes only.

Whilst we’re certain that you wish to use this site for constructive debate, some people come onto the Website with the intention of causing trouble for other users. If you do choose to break our rules, please be prepared for a stern telling off from someone with a loud voice, a suspension of your membership for a short period or if you really don’t want to play ball then a ban from the Website.

All matters relating to conduct and compliance with these Rules for Submission will be determined by pharmaphorum in its sole discretion.

If you see any posting on the Website which you think does not conform to these standards please use the ‘report’ link available on every message. Similarly, if you feel that any comment on an article or any other material does not conform, please contact us using the form under the ‘contact’ tab.

These Rules for Submission are incorporated into our Terms and Conditions.

While we can’t (and do not) review all transmissions by our users, the Website reserves the right to monitor any information transmitted or received through the Website. We may, at our sole discretion and without prior notice, at any time review, edit, remove, or otherwise block any material posted on the Website or terminate your membership.

When using the Website, including any forum posting and the submission of any article or comment, you agree not to use, or allow others to use, your membership to:

1. Post any material likely to cause annoyance, provocation, upset or embarrassment to any reasonable person.

2. Name companies or individuals in relation to accusations of malpractice, fraud or other criminal offences or civil wrongs.

3. Use the forum to harass anyone, including but not limited to posting personal or private information or images.

4. Create multiple memberships.

5. Post, transmit, or link to any content that is abusive, sexually explicit, vulgar, obscene, hateful, fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, harassing, or defamatory or which discloses private or personal matters concerning any person;

6. Post or transmit any material that you do not have a right to transmit under law (such as copyright, trade secret or securities) or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (as in nondisclosure agreements);

7. Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with anyone or entity;

8. Post or transmit statements that are knowingly false or misleading, or use such statements to manipulate the market for any security;

9. Post or transmit any advertising, promotional materials, or other forms of solicitation including chain letters or pyramid schemes;

10. Collect or store personal data about other users;

11. Post or transmit any file that contains viruses, corrupted files, “Trojan Horses,” or any other contaminating or destructive features that may damage someone else’s computer.

You are responsible for all statements made and acts that occur through the use of your membership and password. Please don’t disclose your password to anybody. If your password has been stolen or disclosed, you must contact us immediately.

By submitting material to the Website, you are granting to pharmaphorum a perpetual royalty free non-exclusive licence to reproduce, modify, translate, make available, distribute and allow others to use any material you submit in whole or in part or in any form. We will try to credit authors of the material where possible, but cannot guarantee to do so.

Third party material

We do not monitor the content of third party websites. Any link provided on the Website is solely for your convenience and we cannot accept any responsibility for any third party websites or the materials on such websites. Links to such websites are not to be taken as an endorsement of such websites or as a warranty that such websites will be free of viruses or other such items of a destructive nature.

Please note that any goods and services supplied or made available through the Website or through sites which are linked to the Website are supplied by third parties and not by us (unless stated otherwise). Any dealings between you and such third parties, including payment for and delivery of products or services and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations, acts or omissions associated with such dealings, are solely between you and the third party. You agree not to hold us liable for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as the result of any such dealings.

Disclaimer of Warranties

pharmaphorum cannot and does not warrant the completeness or accuracy of the news or editorial Content found on our site. We make no warranty in respect of any material (including without limitation material produced or posted by members) on the Website.

You understand and acknowledge that information posted or transmitted by other users are the sole responsibility of the person from which such material originated. pharmaphorum takes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or truth of the Content.

pharmaphorum shall not be liable for any decision made or action taken by you or others based upon reliance on any Content. We rely on various sources of information that we believe to be accurate and reliable.

The Website contains material submitted and created by private and trade advertisers and other third parties. We exclude all liability arising from such material, or from any errors, omissions or inaccuracies connected with such material.

Liability

If you are dissatisfied with the Website or any Content, you should discontinue your use of the Website.

In any event, the liability of each of us to the other under or in connection with this agreement, whether arising from contract, negligence or otherwise, shall be limited as follows:

1. for liability arising from:

1.1. death or injury to persons caused by negligence,

1.2. fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or

1.3. any other liability that cannot by law be excluded or limited,

there shall be no limit;

2. for any other liability, subject to the express exclusions and limitations given elsewhere in this agreement, the aggregate liability in any calendar year of this agreement shall be limited to one hundred pounds.

We do not accept any liability to you caused by any unavailability of the Website and/or any of the associated resources.

We do not accept any liability to you for any of the following types of loss or damage (which you may suffer as a result of your use of the Website) whether the losses were foreseen, foreseeable, unforeseen, unforeseeable, known, unknown or otherwise:

1. loss which arose when you first accessed the Website (even if that loss results from our failure to comply with these terms or our negligence);

2. any business loss you may suffer, including loss of goodwill, loss of revenue, loss of profits and loss of anticipated savings (whether those losses are the direct or indirect result of our default or otherwise);

3. loss which you suffer other than as a result of our failure to comply with this agreement or our negligence or breach of statutory duty;

4. any loss suffered due to the default of any party other than us.

We do not warrant that the Website or any content will be available uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website or its supporting systems are free of viruses or bugs.

We do not accept any liability to you if we fail or are interrupted or delayed in the performance of any obligation because of:

1. the non-availability or failure of any telecommunications or computer services, systems, equipment or software operated or provided by you or any third party;

2. any other event not reasonably within our control;

3. any Website content provided by other users of the Website or third parties.

General

If any of these terms are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable then the remaining terms shall remain in full force and effect.

This agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales in respect of any dispute arising between us, whether out of/from this agreement or otherwise.

v1.0.0, 26th August 2009.