Addressees

The Making More Health Connect Platform (the “Platform”) is part of the Making More Health Together Event (the “Event”) organized by Boehringer Ingelheim Corporate Center GmbH (“Boehringer Ingelheim”) and Ashoka . The Platform shall facilitate: participants’ attendance in the collaboration of mutual projects, access to information and materials shared by Boehringer Ingelheim, partners and participants, connecting with other participants including the possibility to schedule meetings and start collaborations on mutual projects, before, during and after the Event. (the “Services”).

Your Registration and Agreement

Access to and use of the Platform and the Services are subject to the following Terms of Use as well as our Data Privacy Statement regardless of the place of access.

By placing a check next to “I agree to the Terms of Use“ and clicking on the “Send“ button, the user agrees to these Terms of Use, thereby entering into a legally binding contract with Boehringer Ingelheim under the provisions of these Terms of Use.

User will ensure that the data provided by him/her within the registration process are correct, complete and up to date. In the event of any future changes, user will update these data. User may access the Platform exclusively with his own person-related access data (email address and password). User shall keep the access data secret and may not make them accessible to third parties. User is obligated to notify Boehringer Ingelheim without delay whenever he/she becomes aware of any third-party obtaining knowledge of his/her access data.

Use of the Platform and the Services

User agrees that any activities on the Platform and the use of the Services will not:

• a) violate any applicable law (including, but not limited to those, related to data protection/privacy and antidiscrimination);

• b) be obscene, offensive, blasphemous, unlawful, threatening, hateful, menacing, abusive, harmful, defamatory, illegal or otherwise objectionable;

• c) infringe any copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent or other intellectual property right of any third party or to facilitate the unlawful distribution of copyrighted content or illegal content;

• d) contain any advertising or promotional material relating to Boehringer Ingelheim or third-party prescription drugs and other products;

• e) disclose any sensitive content such as personal data of other third parties (including other users) or information classified as confidential;

• f) transmit any data or send or up-load any material that contains viruses, codes, worms, Trojan horses, time bombs, cancelbots, or any harmful computer programs that may damage the operation of the Platform or the Services.

Use of Content

All content on the Platform provided by Boehringer Ingelheim is the property of the Boehringer Ingelheim group of companies or its licensors and is protected by copyright. We permit you to use texts, documents or parts hereof (such as white papers, news releases, datasheets and FAQs) through the Platform, provided that (1) this notice appears in all copies and that, in particular, both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear, (2) use of such documents from this Platform is for informational, media and non-commercial or personal use only and the documents will not be copied or posted on any medium available to third parties including but not limited to third party websites or broadcast in commercial media, and (3) no modifications of any documents are made. Use for any other purpose is expressly prohibited and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violations will be prosecuted.

Permission given above does not include the use of the design or layout of the Boehringer Ingelheim Platform or any other website owned, operated, licensed or controlled by one of the companies of the Boehringer Ingelheim Group. Elements of these websites are protected by copyright, trade dress, trademark, unfair competition, and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No trademarks, logos, graphics, sounds or images from this Boehringer Ingelheim websites may be copied or retransmitted except as set forth in these Terms of Use above or unless expressly permitted by the specific Boehringer Ingelheim company owning these rights.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Trademark notice

The tradenames of Boehringer Ingelheim products referenced herein, whether or not appearing in bold characters or with the trademark symbol ®, are trademarks of entities of the Boehringer Ingelheim Group or its licensors. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The use of these trademarks, of the company name Boehringer Ingelheim and the company logo, except as permitted herein, is expressly prohibited and may be in violation of criminal law.

Disclaimer and Liability

The Boehringer Ingelheim Group makes no representations or warranties of any kind as to the operation of the Platform, the content provided through the Platform or the Services for any purpose. All content is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind.

The Boehringer Ingelheim Group hereby disclaims all representations, warranties and conditions with regard to the access and operation of the Platform, the content provided through the Platform or the Services, including all implied warranties, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. All access and use of and the content of the website thereof is at the own risk of the user.

Any liability of the Boehringer Ingelheim group of companies for damages or losses arising out of or in connection with the access and use of the Platform or performance of information available from the Platform or provision or failure to provide Services – irrespective of the legal cause, including tort – is limited to damages that are caused by intent or gross negligence. To the extent that there be a mandatory liability of Boehringer Ingelheim as a result of a breach of material contractual duties, the total amount of any claim for damages is limited to the foreseeable damages. This shall not affect Boehringer Ingelheim's liability under applicable product liability law or under any warranties given. The aforesaid limitations of liability also do not apply in the event of harm to life, bodily injury or harm to health of a person.

Any and all information on the Platform (including information about products, diseases and their treatment) is not intended to be a substitute for consulting with a physician. The Platform and its Services are in no way intended to offer a medical diagnosis or patient-specific treatment advice. If you require advice on a specific health problem, please consult a physician.

The documents and related graphics published on this Platform could include technical inaccuracies, typographical and other errors. Content may be amended and/or removed at any time without prior notice. The Boehringer Ingelheim Group may makes improvements and/or changes in the product(s) and/or the program(s) described herein at any time.

Links to third-party sites

Our website may contain links (hyperlinks/references) to other websites that are operated by third parties or other entities belonging to the Boehringer Ingelheim group of companies. The content of linked websites is beyond our control. The responsibility for the content lies solely with the operators of the linked sites. Links are offered for convenience only; they do not imply a recommendation or endorsement by us. Therefore, Boehringer Ingelheim does neither accept any responsibility for the content and availability of linked sites nor any liability for any damages or injuries of any kind in connection with the content of such sites. Users access linked websites at their own responsibility and are subject to the cookie, privacy and legal policies of the linked site.

Queries, Feedback and User Generated Content

Queries and other feedback addressed to Boehringer Ingelheim through this Platform should not contain questions on personal health matters or on specific prescription-only products, for which you should refer to your relevant physician.

To the extent the Platform permits you to contribute user generated content to the website (e.g., comments, questions or the adding of discussions etc.), you must ensure that such content is honest, accurate, non-misleading, non-promotional, non-commercial, inoffensive and compliant with all applicable laws and regulations. We will monitor such content regularly and remove non-compliant content without notice.

You acknowledge that such user generated content will be available to all users of the Platform and your content may be subject to criticism and/or review by other users and as such may receive positive or negative comments and reactions; Boehringer Ingelheim is not responsible for any such review or comment or any consequences relating to the same.

All queries, feedback and user generated content (including questions, comments, suggestions, or the like) shall be deemed to be non-proprietary and non-confidential. The Boehringer Ingelheim Group shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute – however, where required by applicable privacy legislation, only in anonymized form – this information to others without limitation. You expressly consent to our monitoring all such information for pharmacovigilance and other regulatory purposes and making appropriate notifications. We may contact you in order to obtain follow-up information, if this is required.

Disputes and Complaints

The Boehringer Ingelheim Group is a member of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (“IFPMA”) that represents research-based biopharmaceutical companies and regional and national associations across the world. IFPMA advocates policies and practices that encourage the discovery of and access to life-saving and life-enhancing medicines and vaccines, for people everywhere. All disputes complaints relating to this website or these Terms of Use shall as far as applicable and possible be dealt with under the IFPMA Code of Practice that can be downloaded on the IFPMA website.

Any other dispute shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, except for the provisions of international private law, and shall be settled by the courts competent for the place of the registered seat of Boehringer Ingelheim.

Availability, Suspension and Termination of Access

User shall have no right to constant availability of the Platform. Boehringer Ingelheim may at any time, and without notice, change (extend or restrict), suspend or terminate any part of the Platform or the Services, in its sole discretion.

In justified individual cases, Boehringer Ingelheim may restrict or interrupt your access to the Platform, particularly if this is expedient to maintaining or securing the operation of the Platform or if there is a suspicion that the user has failed to comply with these Terms of Use or applicable law. In the latter case, at Boehringer Ingelheim’s discretion, your content uploaded on the Platform may be removed and you will be prohibited from re-registration.

Changes

Boehringer Ingelheim reserves right to change these Terms of Use and the Data Privacy Statement, in its sole discretion, at any time and without prior notification. We must therefore ask you, next time you visit this Platform, to view the conditions again and to note any changes or amendments that may have been made. If you continue to access and use the platform after the effective date of the revised conditions, you will be deemed to have accepted those changes. If you do not agree to the revised conditions, your sole remedy shall be to discontinue using the Platform.