Website Terms of Use

These Terms of Use were last updated on 29. October 2024. 

1. Introduction 

Welcome to the Kynos Therapeutics website www.kynostx.com (the “Website”). The Website is operated by Kynos Therapeutics, a company incorporated in England Company number 12501037, a registered address at Registered address: 1-3 Charter Square, Sheffield, S1 4HS, United Kingdom (“Kynos”, “we”, “us” and/or “our”).   

If you continue to browse and use the Website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”), which together with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Notice govern our relationship with you in relation to the Website. You must be at least 18 years of age to access and use the Website.  

You should pay particular attention to the section called "Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability", as this excludes or limits our legal liability in connection with your use of the Website.   

Kynos reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend or terminate these Terms of Use and your access to all or any part of the Website or the Service Content, as defined below, any time and for any reason without prior notice or liability.  

If you disagree with any part of the Terms of Use, please refrain from using the Website and leave the Website immediately. 

2. No Reliance  

You acknowledge and agree that information, advice and content made available on and through the Website is provided for general information purposes only and not as a substitute for medical advice. Any information provided should not be considered complete, nor should it be relied on to suggest a basis for diagnosis or course of treatment for a particular individual. Information received from the Website should not be relied upon for personal, medical, legal, technical, or financial decisions. Kynos does not directly or indirectly practice medicine, render medical advice, or dispense medical services via the Website and nothing contained in on the Website creates any doctor patient relationship, or should replace medical advice, medical visits, or consultations with or recommendations from healthcare providers.  

Product information on this Website is intended for general information purposes only and is not meant to be a substitute for the advice provided by a doctor or other healthcare professional.  Always consult a doctor or other healthcare professional for medical advice or information about diagnosis and treatment. Patients, physicians and other medical professionals should check with local medical resources and regulatory authorities for information appropriate to their country. 

Unless otherwise specified, all content and materials published on the Website are presented solely for your private, personal and non-commercial use. If accessing the Website or any material or content on the Website infringes any applicable law in your jurisdiction(s), you are not authorised to access or use the Website and you must cease use immediately.  

The Website may contain information on our current or potential future products and services, not all of which are available in every location. Nothing on the Website should be construed as a recommendation to use or ask your doctor to prescribe a particular medicine.  A reference to a product or service on the Website does not imply that such product or service is or will be available in your location. You should not construe anything on the Website as a promotion or advertisement for any product or for the use of any product that is not authorised by the laws and regulations of your country of residence. 

 

3. Changes to Our Terms of Use 

Kynos reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms of Use at any time. We suggest that you check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. These Terms of Use can be accessed from a link at the bottom of the pages of the Website. Any changes, modifications, additions to, or deletions from these Terms of Use shall be effective immediately upon posting on the Website.  You acknowledge that, by using the Website after we post changes to these Terms of Use, you accept and agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use as changed.   

4. Intellectual Property Rights  

  • Service Content, Software and Trademarks. You acknowledge and agree that the Website may contain information, materials, content or features, including software underlying the Website (“Service Content”) that are protected by copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights and laws.  Except as expressly authorised by Kynos, you agree not to modify, copy, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code in the Website, or to frame, scrape, rent, lease, loan, sell, assign, sublicense, distribute or create derivative works based on, or reproduce, display, publicly perform, or otherwise use the Service Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose or transfer any right or interest in the Website, in whole or in part.  In connection with your use of the Website you will not engage in or use any data mining, robots, scraping or similar data gathering or extraction methods.  If you are blocked by Kynos from accessing the Website (including by blocking your IP address), you agree not to implement any measures to circumvent such blocking (e.g., by masking your IP address or using a proxy IP address).  Any use of the Website and Service Content other than as specifically authorised herein is strictly prohibited.  The technology and software underlying the Website or distributed in connection therewith are the property of Kynos, our affiliates and our licensors.  Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by Kynos. If you violate any part of this Terms of Use, your right to access and/or use the Service Content and Website shall automatically terminate and you shall immediately destroy any copies you have made of the Service Content. 

  • Trade Marks. The Kynos name and logos are trademarks and service marks of Kynos (collectively the “Kynos Trademarks”). Other product and service names and logos used and displayed via the Website may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners who may or may not endorse or be affiliated with or connected to Kynos. Nothing in these Terms of Use or the Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any licence or right to use any of Kynos Trademarks or any other trade marks, service marks or logos displayed on the Website, without our prior written permission in each instance. The Kynos Trademarks may not be used to disparage Kynos or the applicable affiliate or licensor, Kynos’s or third-party’s products or services, or in any manner (using commercially reasonable judgment) that may damage any goodwill in the Kynos Trademarks.  Use of any Kynos Trademarks as part of a link to or from any web site is prohibited without Kynos’s prior written consent.  All goodwill generated from the use of Kynos Trademarks will inure to our exclusive benefit. 

 

5. Misuse of The Website 

  • You may use the Website for lawful purposes only.  You are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with the laws of your specific jurisdiction. You must not misuse the Website for any unlawful or fraudulent purposes, including, without limitation, by introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful.  In particular, you must not access without authority, interfere with damage or disrupt the Website or any part of it; any equipment or network on which the Website is stored; any software used in connection with the provision of the Website; or any equipment, software or website owned or used by a third party.  You must not attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.   

  • Without prejudice to our other rights or remedies, we reserve the right to take legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs or losses (in accordance with section 7 of these Terms of Use) resulting from your breach of this section of the Terms of Use, and to disclose such information to law enforcement agencies as we reasonably believe is necessary. 

  • You expressly agree not to export or re-export any of the Site Content to countries or persons prohibited under applicable export control laws. By downloading the Site Content, you are expressly agreeing that you are not in a country where such export is prohibited or are a person or entity for which such export is prohibited. You are solely responsible for compliance with the laws of your specific jurisdiction regarding the import, export, or re-export of the Site Content. 

  • You must ensure that any password and account details for the Website issued to you are kept secure at all times. You acknowledge and agree that you are fully responsible for any and all activities that occur under your password or account on the Website. 

 

6. Third Party Websites and Content 

  • Where the Website contains links to third party websites and resources, these links are provided for your information only.  We have not reviewed these websites and are not responsible for their availability, accuracy or content or for any loss or damage that may arise out of your use of them.  When you access any other website you understand that it is independent from us and that we have no control over the content or availability of that website.  Access to third party websites is entirely at your own risk.  You should read any terms and conditions applying to the use of any third party website that you visit and address any complaints or queries relating to such websites to the operator of that website.  Please be aware that a link to any other website does not mean that we endorse or approve of or accept any responsibility for the content, or the use of, such a website. 

  • You may not use any part of the Website on any other website or link any other website to the Website without our prior written permission. 

  • The search results on the Website and any and all associated hyperlinks to third party websites contain aggregated third party information and we therefore exclude any warranties, undertakings, or representations (either express or implied) to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, that the search result data on the Website and content hosted on any third party website is accurate, true, safe, or approved or verified by any regulatory body or medical institution or authority. Under no circumstances will Kynos be liable in any way for any information, advice, content or materials of any third parties, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any such content.   

  7. Disclaimer and Limitation of liability  

  • The provisions of this section 7 should be read carefully as they exclude or limit our legal liability in connection with your use of this Website. 

  • Liability which we do not exclude or limit. Nothing in these Terms of Use will limit or exclude our liability to you for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability which cannot be limited or excluded by law. 

  • Limitation of Liability. To the extent we are allowed under applicable law to limit our liability to you, then our liability to you arising under or in connection with the Services or Site, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, is limited to £100.  

  • Losses we are not liable for. We will not be liable whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) for: (i) any direct or indirect economic losses (including without limitation loss of revenues, data, profits, contracts, use, opportunity, business or anticipated savings); (ii) loss of goodwill or reputation; or (iii) indirect, special, incidental or consequential loss or damage, suffered or incurred arising out of or in connection with your access to or use of the Website or Service Content (which includes without limitation any errors or omissions contained in the Website or Service Content, if the Website or Service Content are unavailable, or if changes have made to the content of this Website or Service Content by unauthorised third parties).  

  • Events Outside our Control. We will not be liable for any failure or delay resulting from any condition beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to governmental action or acts of terrorism, pandemics, epidemics, earthquake, fire, flood or other acts of God, labor conditions, power failures, and Internet disturbances. 

  • Disclaimer: To the extent permitted by law, the Website, Service Content and any information, materials, content or advice given on or through the Website, whether written, stated or implied, is for information purposes only and is provided “as is” and “as available” and without warranty of any kind by Kynos. You acknowledge and agree that information, materials advice and content made available on or through the Website is provided for general information purposes only and not as a substitute for medical advice. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of the Service Content and any other information, content or advice appearing on or through the Website, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such content.  

  • Viruses and Harmful Code: We do not guarantee that the Website or Service Content will be secure or free from harmful code, viruses or bugs. You must not knowingly introduce to the Website or Service Content any viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website or Service Content, the server on which the Website or Service Content are hosted, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website or Service Content. You must not attack the Website or Service Content via a denial of service attack or a distributed denial of service attack. 

  • Availability: Kynos takes reasonable steps to make the Website available at all times, but the Website is provided “as is” and “as available”.  Kynos reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website (or any part thereof) with or without notice.  You agree that Kynos will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Website, or any part thereof.  

    8. Confidentiality 

We are unable to guarantee the confidentiality or security of any data passing via the Website. Accordingly, your use of the Website is at your own risk. 

 

9. General Terms  

These Terms of Use contain the entire agreement between us and you with respect to their subject matter. A person who isn’t a party to these Terms of Use has no rights under them, whether under the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act or otherwise.  If either we or you have any right to enforce these Terms of Use against the other, that right will not be lost even if the person who has the right delays enforcing it.  If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect.   Failure of Kynos to act on or enforce any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of that provision or any other provision in these Terms of Use.  No waiver shall be effective against Kynos unless made in writing, and no such waiver shall be construed as a waiver in any other or subsequent instance.  

 

10. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction 

These Terms of Use, and any disputes arising out of or in connection with them (including non-contractual disputes), are governed by English law and you can bring legal proceedings in relation to the Website or these Terms of Use in the English courts. If you live in Scotland you can bring legal proceedings in respect of the Website or these Terms of Use in either the Scottish or the English courts. If you live in Northern Ireland you can bring legal proceedings in respect of the Website or these Terms of Use in either the Northern Irish or the English courts.  

 

11. Contact Us 

If you have any questions, please contact us at: 

admin@kynostx.com 

Kynos Therapeutics Ltd., 1-3 Charter Square, Sheffield, S1 4HS, United Kingdom 

Tel: +49 761 1514 0