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Nature of information

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This Site may contain information which is forward-looking and involves risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks associated with the inherent uncertainty of pharmaceutical research, product development and commercialisation, the impact of competitive products, patent, product liability and third-party reimbursement risks associated with the pharmaceutical industry, and the other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Sanofi Group's Annual Report. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof.

Expert opinions concerning subject areas related to the content of this Site and/or extracts from press articles may be posted on this Site. Such information represents only the opinions of the respective experts or newspaper and is not necessarily those of Sanofi or the Sanofi Group. Sanofi is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information or opinions set forth in such materials. Expert advice reflects only the personal view of that expert, and in no case shall it be regarded as the opinion or responsibility of Sanofi or the Sanofi Group.

Sanofi reserves the right to change the content of this Site at any time without prior notice to you.

Medical advice

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Third party sites may contain hyperlinks leading to this Site. Such hyperlinks must not be installed without express prior consent from Sanofi who reserves the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. Amy permitted hyperlinks must not be established in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on the part of Sanofi where none exists. You must not establish a link to this Site in any website that is not owned by you. This Site must not be framed on any other site. Sanofi is in no way responsible for the unavailability of such external sites and Sanofi does not review, control or approve those sites, nor is it responsible for any content, advertising, products or other materials available on or accessible via those sites.

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Anything you transmit or post becomes the property of Sanofi or its affiliates and may be used for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Sanofi and its affiliates shall be free to use, without compensation to you, any ideas, concepts, know-how and techniques contained in these communications and materials for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products.

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Sanofi has the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at gfd-webmaster@sanofi.com.

Limitations of liability

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Sanofi makes every effort to ensure that the information made available on this Site is accurate and up to date. Nonetheless, Sanofi does not provide any representation, guarantee or warranty, whether express or implied, as to the accuracy, precision or comprehensiveness of such information, nor does it represent, guarantee or warrant that the information is up to date.

With the exception of direct damage resulting from wilful misconduct or gross negligence by Sanofi, Sanofi is not and will not be liable for:

• any imprecision, inaccuracy or omission in the information made available on this Site;
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• any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred in connection with this Site, irrespective of whether Sanofi was aware of the possibility of such loss or damage, and whether as a result of:
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Sanofi and/or its suppliers may, at any time, temporarily or permanently modify or interrupt all or part of this Site in order to perform maintenance work and/or make improvements and/or changes to this Site.

Sanofi is not liable for any modification to or suspension or interruption of this Site.

Viruses, hacking and other offences

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It is your responsibility to take the necessary precautions to prevent your computer system or other products from being damaged by denial of service attacks, viruses or other technologically harmful material or by fraudulent intrusion by a third party.

You must not misuse this Site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to this Site, the server on which this Site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to this Site. You must not attack this Site via a denial of service attack or a distributed denial of service attacks. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Sanofi will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and Sanofi will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them if known. In the event of such a breach, your right to use this Site will cease immediately.

Information on products

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Applicable law and jurisdiction

If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

If you are a business, these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Miscellaneous

To the extent that any provisions of these terms of use are held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, then such provisions shall be severed and deleted without affecting the enforceability of the remaining provisions.

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