Terms of Use
Please read the following terms and conditions of use carefully before using this website. Your use of this website is subject to, and constitutes acceptance of, the conditions included in this notice.
Effective Date: September 10, 2024.
Please read the following terms and conditions of use (the “Terms of Use”) carefully before using this website or its subdomains (this “Website”). These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of, including any content, functionality offered on or through the Website. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you should exit this Website now.
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This Website is provided by Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Incorporated (“Vertex”) for the convenience of visitors to our Website to provide general information about Vertex. Your use of this site is at your own risk. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, Vertex reserves the right, in the event of a violation of these Terms of Use, to protect its rights, property and interests to the maximum extent of the law. Further, Vertex may suspend, discontinue or modify the Website at any time for any reason, without notice or any other obligation to you.
This Website and its content are intended for access and use by Canadian residents only. Vertex takes no responsibility for users accessing the Website outside of Canada. If you access the Website from outside Canada, you do so at your own risk.
While Vertex may periodically update or correct information presented on this Website, the information presented on this Website may include typographical errors and/or technical inaccuracies and/or omissions. Vertex makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any information at this Website and expressly disclaims any obligation to update such information. Vertex also reserves the right to make additions, deletions or modifications to any information on the Website at any time and from time to time without any prior notice.
The Website consists of various graphics, texts, icons and buttons that have been provided by Vertex and/or other entities under our direction (e.g. site designers). All such content is owned by Vertex and/or the applicable third party entity. For greater certainty, Vertex and applicable third party entities hold all right, title, and interest in and to any and all content provided by such parties for the Website, including, without limitation, all such information in text, graphical, video and audio formats, images, icons, designs, trade-marks, brand names and software (collectively, the “Website Content”).
You hereby acknowledge that the Website Content is protected by all copyright, trade-mark, and other applicable intellectual property laws. Your use of the Website does not grant or transfer to you any ownership or other rights in the Website Content, and except as expressly provided, nothing herein or within the Website shall be construed as conferring on you or any other person any license under any of Vertex’s or any third party’s intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, any right to download, display, reproduce, distribute, modify, edit, alter or enhance any of the Website Content in any manner whatsoever.
Any rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms of Use are expressly reserved by Vertex. For greater certainty, you agree that you will not take any action that is inconsistent with Vertex ownership of the Website and/or Vertex ownership of, or any third party’s ownership of, any Website Content. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, users of this Website shall be entitled to copy Website Content contained within this Website only for their own personal and non-commercial use, but may not republish or reproduce any such Website Content in any manner without the prior written consent of Vertex.
Vertex hereby grants each user of this Website a limited, non-exclusive and revocable permission to make personal and non-commercial use of the Website and its Website Content. For greater certainty, this limited license only allows you to view, download or print materials from this Website for your own personal and non-commercial use (provided all original copyright, trade-mark and other notices are preserved in their original form). This limited license does not include any rights not specifically stated in these Terms of Use, and, for greater certainty, does not include permission to copy, redistribute, reproduce or republish, in any form, any content contained within this Website.
Certain names, graphics, logos, icons, designs, words, titles or phrases contained within the Website may constitute trade names, registered or unregistered trade-marks or service marks (collectively, “Trade-marks”) of Vertex or other entities. Trade-marks may be registered in Canada and in other countries as applicable. All Trade-marks not owned by Vertex are the property of their respective owners, and, where used by Vertex are used under license or with permission. All Trade-marks are and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of their respective owner(s). Any use of such Trade-marks, except as expressly provided for herein, without the express written consent of the applicable owner is strictly prohibited. Nothing contained herein or on this Website may be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license to use any Trade-mark(s). You agree that you will not take any actions inconsistent with Vertex ownership of, or any third party’s ownership of, the Trade-marks.
You represent, warrant and covenant that you shall use the Website only as set forth in these Terms of Use. You agree to comply with any other applicable terms and conditions of use set forth on the Website. You may not violate the security of the Website or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website or computer systems or networks connected to the Website through any means.
In the event you gain access to information or materials not intended to be accessed by you, you agree that you will immediately notify Vertex and destroy all copies of such information in your possession.
Without limiting the generality of these Terms of Use, your use of the Website is also subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy at https://www.vrtx.com/canadian-privacy/?lang=en-us. Please carefully review our Privacy Policy. If you send any information to Vertex you are solely responsible for its content, including, without limitation, its accuracy, truthfulness and non-infringement of any other person's legal rights. By using the Website, you agree that you have read, fully understand and agree to our Privacy Policy.
Any medical information contained on this Website is general in nature and for informational purposes only and it not intended as substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. We do not offer medical diagnosis or treatment from this Website, and none of the information contained on this Website should be construed as providing medical advice or services of any kind. While there may be information contained within the Website related to certain medical conditions and/or their treatment, should a medical condition exist, consult with your own physician or other health care professional. THE CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL JUDGMENT, ADVICE, DIAGNOSIS, OR TREATMENT OF ANY HEALTH CONDITION OR PROBLEM. You should not rely on information contained via the Website for diagnosing, treating, curing, preventing, managing or otherwise addressing health problems. Questions should be addressed to a physician or other health care professional. WE DO NOT, THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE, PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE, MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS, TREATMENTS OR DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES. Your doctor or other health care professional is in the best position to assess, and provide information, about your medical condition and any treatment options. In using the Website, you agree that Vertex are not, or will not be, liable or otherwise responsible for any decision made or any action taken or any action not taken due to Your use of the Website. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDER FOR ALL MEDICAL ADVICE OR QUESTIONS. Your use of this Website and any linked websites is at your own risk. Neither Vertex nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering this Website shall be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of your access to, or use of, this Website or any linked website. This includes damage due to viruses or other harmful or malicious code that may infect your computer equipment.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW, THIS WEBSITE AND ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR ACCESSED FROM THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. SPECIFICALLY, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION VERTEX DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT: (A) THE MATERIALS, FUNCTIONS OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIS WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; (B) DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; (C) THAT THIS WEBSITE OR THE SERVER(S) THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; (D) THE CONTENT OF THIS WEBSITE OR ITS ACCURACY, RELIABILIUTY OR COMPLETENESS; OR (E), ANY LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES OVER WHICH VERTEX HAS NO CONTROL. VERETEX IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS ON THIS WEBSITE AND MAY CHANGE THE CONTENT HEREOF AND ITS SERVICES FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. YOUR CONTINUED ACCESS AND USE OF THIS WEBSITE CONFIRMS YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME.
VERTEX AND ITS AFFILIATES AND LICENSORS CANNOT AND DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY YOU TO VERTEX THROUGH THE WEBSITE (OR THE CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE) WILL NOT BE MISAPPROPRIATED, INTERCEPTED, DELETED, DESTROYED OR USED BY OTHERS.
Limitation of Liability
VERTEX WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM YOUR DISPLAYING, COPYING, USING, OR DOWNLOADING ANY MATERIALS TO OR FROM THIS WEBSITE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXTRAORDINARY, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE) HOWEVER ARISING, EVEN IF WE KNOW THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Regardless of the location from which you access this website, by accessing this website you and Vertex agree that the laws of Ontario and applicable federal laws of Canada, without regard to conflicts of laws principles, will apply to all disputes based on, arising out of, or relating to your use of this website or any information it contains. With respect to such disputes, you and Vertex also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any court located in Toronto, Ontario.
This Website contains links to websites maintained by other companies. Vertex is providing these links to you only as a convenience. Vertex has not reviewed all of the websites that may be linked from this Website and is not responsible for the context of such other websites linked from the Website. The inclusion of any such link to another website does not imply that Vertex endorses any third-party website or third-party company or product. Vertex does not have any control over the content of such third-party websites and assumes no responsibility whatsoever for the functionality of such websites or for the accuracy of any information presented at such other websites. Use of any such linked website is at your own risk and is subject to the terms of use of that website.
Links to any document published by Vertex on this Website should be made to the home page only, without deleting any frames, or our URL address.
The information and material on this Website may be changed, withdrawn, or terminated at any time in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, all or any part of the Website is restricted to users or unavailable at any time or for any period.
Vertex may revise these terms at any time without prior notice, which shall be effected by posting of the updated Terms of Use to this Website. Any and all such modifications are effective immediately upon posting and apply to all access to and continued use of the Website. You agree to periodically review the terms and conditions in order to be aware of any such modifications and your continued use shall be your acceptance of these.
We and you are independent contractors and are not partners, joint venturers, agents, employees or representatives of the other party. The headings and captions used in these Terms of Use are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting these Terms of Use. If any part of these Terms of Use is held to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. No failure to exercise or waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such provision or any other provision of these Terms of Use.
If you have any questions about these Terms or otherwise need to contact Vertex for any reason, please contact us via https://www.vrtx.ca/about-us/contact-us.