Terms of Use
Thank you for visiting the website for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Everyday Matters Program, sponsored by Genzyme Corporation. We’re looking forward to hearing from you! All users must comply with the following Terms of Use. If you have any questions regarding these Terms, please contact us directly as instructed on this website.
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You must be at least 18 years old to use this website in an interactive fashion.
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This website is intended to provide a forum for discussions regarding life with MS and provide an opportunity for you to connect with the Program Participants and other members of the MS Community. To use this website in an interactive fashion, you will be required to Opt-In and can do so by clicking here. Once the interactive features of this website are made available to you, please feel free to share your comments, support, questions, thoughts and experiences in connection with life with MS.
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Be courteous and respectful. Do not post any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered an offense or give rise to liability or would otherwise violate the law.
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Please don’t use this website as a place to promote your product or pitch your services.
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Genzyme, as a biotechnology company, operates in a regulated industry. As a result and as sponsor of this website, Genzyme (and the Society) must preview all messages before they are posted. Accordingly, please be advised that your posts will not appear on this website immediately. Furthermore, postings are subject to removal if they are deemed to violate these Terms of Use or any law, regulation, rule or other guidance with which the Society and/or Genzyme must comply.
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All comments, opinions, visuals, videos and other type of material posted by users on this website (“User Content”) do not necessarily reflect the opinions or ideals of the Society, Genzyme, or their affiliates, employees, contractors or other agents.
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From time to time this website may contain information related to various health, medical and fitness conditions. Such information is not meant to be a substitute for the advice provided by your doctor. You should not use the information for diagnosing a health, medical or fitness problem or disease. You should always consult your doctor. Likewise, please refrain from posting information that provides medical or other professional advice. Neither the Society nor Genzyme provides such advice through this website.
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The Society can only confirm the accuracy of the information posted by the Society, and Genzyme can only confirm the accuracy of the information posted by Genzyme. The Society and Genzyme are not responsible for the User Content of third parties. The Society and Genzyme do not verify, approve or endorse the User Content or any information posted by visitors on this website, and do not warrant their accuracy. The Society and Genzyme do not assume any responsibility or liability arising from User Content on this website or for any error, omission, defamation, libel, slander, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger or inaccuracy. Caution should be used before relying on any particular statements or opinions expressed herein.
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You understand and agree that User Content will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and you are giving the Society, Genzyme, and our affiliates and agents, a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such User Content in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate them in other works, in any form, media, technology, or products now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes; and you further represent, warrant, and covenant that you have and will continue to have the legal right to grant these rights. Furthermore, you acknowledge that by making public User Content, you waive and relinquish any expectation of privacy that you would otherwise have with respect to User Content.
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The Program does not involve or otherwise relate to any Genzyme drug product, including any investigational products under development, any other drug product, or any multiple sclerosis treatment. Additionally, Federal regulations govern how Genzyme can communicate about its products. For these reasons, and in light of the limitations of this website, discussion of drug products or treatments, including any investigational products under development (Genzyme or otherwise) is not permitted on this website, and such User Content will not be posted on this website. If you would like to discuss Genzyme products, please contact us at 1-800-445-4447.
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This website is not intended as a forum for reporting side effects associated with the use of prescription drugs (Genzyme or otherwise). If you, or someone you know, have possibly experienced a side effect while taking any Genzyme product, please contact us at1-800-445-4447. You are also encouraged to report side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. To do so, visit http://www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
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If your comments include possible adverse events or side effects associated with any product, Genzyme may be required to contact you for further information, per Genzyme’s Adverse Events Reporting Guidelines.
- The Society and Genzyme reserve the right to block from this website users who violate these Terms of Use. We reserve the right to remove this website and its contents at any time. Please check often for updates, as we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify these Terms of Use at any time. Your use of this Program website indicates your acceptance of these Terms of Use and any revisions to these Terms of Use.