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WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY

Thank you for your interest in the www.cetuximab.co.uk website. This website (our site) is
owned and operated by Merck Serono Limited (“Merck”, “we”,“our”).

These terms of use (together with the privacy and cookie policy referred to in it) tell you the
terms on which you may make use of our site, whether as a guest or a registered user. Use
of our site includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our site. Please read these
terms of use carefully before you start to use our site, as these will apply to your use of our
site.

By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you
agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain
from using our site.

1. About Merck in the UK. We are a limited company registered in England and Wales
under company number 990823 with our registered office at Bedfont Cross, Stanwell
Road, Feltham, Middlesex TW14 8NX, United Kingdom.

We are regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
in the United Kingdom. We are also regulated by the current Association of the British
Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Code of Practice in the United Kingdom.

2. Accessing our Site. Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis and we
reserve the right to suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or part of our site
without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time
or for any period.

Our site is directed to patients who have been prescribed a Merck product residing in
the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland. We do not represent that content
available on or through our site is appropriate or available in other locations. We may
limit the availability of our site or any service or product described on our site to any
person or geographic area at any time. If you choose to access our site from outside the
United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, you do so at your own risk.

Access to some parts of our site, or our entire site, may be restricted from time to time
to registered users. If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code,
password or other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must
treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party.
We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen
by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with
any provisions of these terms of use.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to
our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site
through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use, and that they comply
with them.

3. Reliance on information posted. The information and other materials posted on or


contained within our site is provided for general information and education purpose and
is in no way intended to serve as a substitute for medical advice, or to amount to advice
on which reliance should be placed. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the
information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether
express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date. We
therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such
materials by any visitor to our site or by anyone who may be informed of any of its
content. You should use your own judgment in evaluating the information provided
within our site.
4. Disclaimer. Merck, Merck affiliates and third parties connected to us accepts
no liability for:

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a) The accuracy or completeness or use of, nor any liability to update, the
information contained on our site. These materials are provided "as is"
without warranty, condition or guarantee of any kind, either express or
implied (whether by statute, common law or equity), including, but not
limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose, or non-infringement; or

b) Any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user


in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or
results of the use of our site, any websites linked to it and any materials
posted on it.

This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our
negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation
as to a fundamental matter, or any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited
under applicable law.

5. Intellectual Property Rights. Merck is the owner, or the licensee, of all intellectual
property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected
by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

Merck authorises you to download, print and copy materials published on our site for
your personal reference and non-commercial use only, provided that any copy of these
materials which you make retains all copyright and other proprietary notices and any
disclaimer contained thereon and on our site. Our status (and that of any identified
contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or
downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, diagrams, photographs,
video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. If you
print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your
right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy
any copies of the materials you have made.

Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as


conferring any licence or right under any trade mark or copyright of Merck or any third
party.

Merck claims no ownership in, nor any affiliation with, any third-party trade marks or
trade names appearing in this website. Such third-party trade marks or trade names are
used only to identify the products and services of their respective owners, and no
sponsorship or endorsement on the part of Merck should be inferred from the use of
these marks.

6. Information about you and your visits to our site. We process information about
you in accordance with our privacy and cookie policy. By using our site, you consent to
such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

7. Viruses, Hacking and other Offences. We do not guarantee that our site will be
secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information
technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our site. You should
use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our site by introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or
other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to
gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server,
computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-
of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.

By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence. We will report any
such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with
those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach,
your right to use our site will cease immediately.

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8. Links to other Websites. Our site may contain links to third parties websites and
other resources provided by third parties. We are not responsible for, and accept no
liability in respect of, any information or opinion contained on any such websites or
resources.

As Merck has no control over such websites or resources and because their content is
subject to change without notice to Merck it is the responsibility of the user of such
websites or resources to ensure that any information accessed is accurate and
that software downloaded from those sites is free of viruses or any other items
of a destructive nature. Merck and its affiliates accept no liability whatsoever in
respect of any loss, damage, costs or liability incurred through any such downloaded
material.

Our site may provide links to other Merck and third party websites as a service to our
users. The privacy policy and terms of use described on our site do not apply to those
sites. Please ensure you check the legal and privacy statement posted on each
site you link to.

9. Linking to our site. You must not link any website to our site without the express prior
written consent of Merck.

10. Changes to these terms. We may occasionally update or amend these terms of use
and we encourage you to periodically review these terms of use to stay informed of any
amendments as they are binding on you. Your continued use of the site constitutes your
agreement to the terms of use existing at that time. Some of the provisions contained
in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published
elsewhere on our site.

11. Jurisdiction and Applicable Law. These terms of use are governed by English law.
The English Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related
to, a visit to our site, although we reserve the right to bring proceedings against you for
breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country.

12. 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.

13. Your concerns. If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site,
please contact the Merck UK Medical Information Department, Bedfont Cross, Stanwell
Road, Feltham, Middlesex TW14 8NX, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 (0) 20 8818 7373,
Email: medinfo.uk@merckgroup.com.

Thank you for visiting our site.

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