Terms of Use and Conditions

1. Acceptance

The mission of Lek Pharmaceuticals d.d. (“Lek”) as an international pharmaceutical company is to contribute to people’s health and to the quality of life. The present Site has been created in order to provide general information about Lek and certain information regarding its products and services. 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Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that any other agreements regarding the use of this Site between you and Lek are superseded and of no force or effect. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not use this Site.

2. Lek's content is not medical or professional advice

Lek’s information on this site is offered for general educational and informational purposes only. Certain information on this site also contain general information on Lek products and are also intended for a general presentation of the product, and consequently, they contain basic information only. Access to information on certain products, especially the prescription drugs, is limited in accordance to the valid pharmaceutical regulations. None of the information on individual products contained on this site is offered or intended as a substitute for medical advice, instructions for treatment or recommendations from health care professionals. It is important to follow the advice of your doctor and other health care professionals regarding your individual medical and health care needs, therefore we ask you to consult your doctor or pharmacist before using any drug product discussed within this site.

3. Use of Information

You may freely browse this 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 provided you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the materials or as specified on this website. You may not distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, repost, or use the Information for commercial purposes, without written permission of Lek. 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 Lek. Lek 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 Lek. With the exception of the foregoing limited authorization, no license to or right in the Information, or any copyright of Lek or of any other party is granted or conferred to you.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

All the information and images contained on this site are subject to copyright protection or to any other form of intellectual property protection within the legally permitted framework. 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 Lek or its affiliates. This Site may also contain or reference patents, proprietary information, technologies, products, processes or other proprietary rights of Lek. No license to or right in any such trademarks, patents, copyright, trade secrets, technologies, products, processes and any other proprietary rights and intellectual property of Lek is granted to or conferred upon you.

All text, graphics, photographs, videos, logos, sounds, music, artwork user and visual interfaces, computer code ("Materials"), including but not limited to the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, "look and feel" and arrangement of such Materials, contained on this website is owned or licensed by Lek or its affiliates, and is protected by intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws. Except as expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions, no part of the Site and no Material may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way to any other computer, server, website or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, without Lek’s express prior written consent.

Lek will enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.

5. Disclaimer of Warranties

While Lek has endeavored to make sure that the information contained in this Site is accurate and up-to-date, and will also do so in the future, with all the necessary care in forming this Site, Lek cannot guarantee the accuracy and integrity of such information and assumes no responsibility. Lek also retains the right to change at any time the contents of this Site, in any way, regardless of the reason and with no previous notice. All the users shall use the contents published at their own risk. Neither Lek nor any other legal entity or individual that took part in the formation and production of this Site shall in any event be liable for any damages arising from or in connection with the existence, access to or use of this Site and/or the information contained in it and/or for the impossibility to use the information on this Site and/or any error or deficiency in their contents, regardless of whether they have has been advised as to the possibility of such damages. This Site also offers links to other Sites by third parties and/or containing information on third parties. However, certain links on this Site lead to resources located on servers maintained by third persons over whom Lek has no control. Lek cannot guarantee and make no representations as to the accuracy of any Sites to which it provides a link or reference. Lek provides links to other Sites only as a convenience to users of its Site. Many educational materials and programmes on our Site are formed in a way to support your personal health and well-being objectives, as it is our goal to help you in implementing the healthy life objectives by means of a healthy lifestyle and correct use of our products.

Lek 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 Lek. Quotation or use of one or more portions of this Site in the site of any third parties without written consent is likewise prohibited.

6. Information You Supply To Us

Should any viewer of the Site respond with any information, such information shall be deemed non-confidential and unprotected, and Lek shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to use, reproduce, disclose and/or distribute them to others without limitation and without an indication of the source, including, but not limited to, ideas, concepts, knowledge, experience and techniques such information will contain, for any purpose, including, but not limited to, development, production and marketing of products containing such information, except in case of express indication by the visitor that the submitted information be considered confidential and/or in case of express indication of the ban on the use of the submitted information.

7. Worldwide Products

Since Lek is an international pharmaceutical company, certain information may be unsuitable for individual visitors of the Site. Due to differences in legislation, regulations and medical practices, it is possible that the information formed on this Site or the product information will not be appropriate for the visitors of the Site from certain countries. Marks used for individual products, e.g. may differ by individual country. Equally, regulatory bodies in some countries can issue marketing authorizations for products with different indications, dosage and/or limitations. If Lek products, programmes and/or services for which information us provided on this Site, are not available in your country, this does not indicate that Lek is announcing its intent to operate with these products, programmes and/or services in your country. Moreover, Lek cannot give to the visitors of this Site certain prescription-drugs information, considering the legislation specific for different jurisdictions. We therefore recommend you to consult your doctor or pharmacist with regard to the information on the product availability in your country and/or to the risk and adverse effects of the drug prior to its use.

8. Revisions

Lek may at any time revise these Terms of Use 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.

9. Governing Law

These Terms of Use and Conditions are governed by the law of the Republic of Slovenia.

10. Contact details

For any questions regarding these Terms of Use and Conditions, please contact us at info.lek@sandoz.com.