2.1 Astellas may change these Terms of Use by amending this page and by continuing to use the Website you agree that you accept the changes. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any updates.

5.1 You agree not to do any of the following while visiting or using the Site or any Services provided by or through this Site:

(a) Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
 

(b) Except as expressly permitted by the rules of this Site, post or transmit any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, (junk mail), (spam), (chain letters), or any other form of solicitation on the Site or through the Services;
 

(c) Use the Website in a way which infringes the rights of anyone else or restricts or inhibits anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the Website
 

(d) Post or transmit any information or material that is defamatory, offensive, indecent, obscene, or unlawful;

(e) Violate any applicable law or regulation, including without limitation any local, state, provincial, national or international law, any export control laws, or any regulations promulgated by any state or federal authority;

(f) Access or use password protected, secure or non-public areas of the Site without authorization; or
 

(g) Frame, repackage, or otherwise re-distribute any portion of the Site.

5.2 You accept that it is your responsibility to ensure that you have in place antivirus, firewall and other appropriate security software when browsing the Internet and accessing this Website and for maintaining the security of any passwords/usernames in respect of any user accounts relating to the Website (if applicable). Astellas cannot accept liability for your failure to take reasonable precautions when browsing the Internet and our Website.

5.3 You must not misuse our Website by knowingly introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other materials which are malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to our Website, the server on which our Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our Website. You must not attack our Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you may be committing a criminal offence and we will report any such offence to the relevant law enforcement agencies and will co-operate with those agencies by disclosing your identity to them. If you breach this term, your right to use our Website will cease immediately.
 

5.4 The content of our Website is provided for general information purposes only and it is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content of our Website.

5.5 Astellas may, at its sole discretion, take any action Astellas deems necessary, including, but not limited to, termination of access to the Site, if Astellas believes a user's conduct or content fails to conform to these terms and conditions or may create liability for Astellas, its partners, its suppliers or other users. Astellas will not be liable to you or any third party as a result of such termination and modification. The terms and conditions provided in the Terms of Use will survive any such termination and modification.

6.1 All material on the Site including, but not limited to, text, images, graphics, documents, audio or video (collectively, the Site Content) are protected under applicable copyright laws. You may copy, download or print Site Content for your personal, non-commercial purposes only but no modification or further reproduction of content is permitted.
 

6.2 Trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, designs, and slogans appearing on this site are owned by Astellas, its Affiliate companies, its licensors or its partners and may not be used for advertising or publicity purposes, or to indicate any affiliation with or endorsement by Astellas, except with the express written permission of Astellas.

7.1 Astellas may provide functionality on this Website that allows you to post, upload, email, or otherwise submit content, such as text, photographs, caricatures, illustrations, designs, icons, articles, audio clips, and video clips (collectively, “User Content”), for example through public forums, blogs, or other interactive features.
 

7.2 You are solely responsible for all User Content that you submit through the Website. Astellas does not control or endorse any User Content submitted via the Website and makes no guarantees as to its accuracy, integrity, or quality. You acknowledge that any reliance on User Content is at your own risk.
 

7.3 By submitting User Content to the Website, you grant:
 

(a) to Astellas a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, perform, display, and otherwise exploit such content in any form and for any purpose, and to authorize others to do the same; and
 

(b) to other users of the Website a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to access, view, and use your User Content as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these terms.

9.1 Astellas provides links on this Site to other websites that are not maintained by or under the control of Astellas solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave this Site. Please remember that linked sites are not necessarily Astellas sites and the information could change without Astellas' Knowledge.
 

9.2 Astellas has not reviewed the third parties' sites that may link to or be linked by this Internet site and does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of any such third parties' sites. Links to other websites are provided for information only and should not be interpreted as approval by Astellas of the linked websites or the information that you may obtain from them Use of such site shall be subject to the terms and conditions of each such site. An Internet site owner who wants to link to this Internet site must obtain Astellas' permission in advance.

10.1 Astellas may discontinue the Website or terminate certain features and functionalities of the Website immediately at any time in its sole discretion.
 

10.2 If any of these Terms of Use are found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the rest of these Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.

10.3 Any failure by Astellas to exercise or enforce any right or provision in these Terms of Use will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
 

10.4 Except as expressly stated in these Terms of Use nothing in these Terms of Use is intended to confer any rights, remedies or benefits upon any person other than you and Astellas.
 

10.5 These Terms of Use set out the entire agreement between you and us and supersede any and all prior terms, conditions, warranties and/or representations to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 

10.6 Astellas may suspend your access to the Website for violation of these Terms of Use. In addition, either you or we may terminate our agreement under these Terms of Use at any time by writing to the other party. If this agreement is terminated you must immediately stop using our Website.
 

10.7 These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of Japan and should be interpreted in the light of such laws. Any dispute relating to these Terms of Use is to be filed with the Tokyo District Court as the exclusive court of jurisdiction for the initial hearing.
 

10.8 These Terms of Use are available in the following languages: English, and Japanese.