Terms and conditions of use

By browsing the GNM website, you acknowledge and accept that your access to and use of the website are subject to these terms of use and any applicable laws.
All other use of the website content or any link to the content, except under the conditions defined below, is strictly prohibited.

1. ABOUT GNM HEALTHCARE

1.1 Who we are
GNM Healthcare is dedicated to supporting medical professionals. Our goal is to support health professionals throughout the scientific and clinical research process by providing valuable bibliographic databases, allowing for better diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients.

1.2 GNM Healthcare websites' objectives
The websites edited and published by GNM Healthcare provide a range of information and services related to health; some areas are accessible to patients, while others can only be accessed by approved healthcare professionals for regulatory and compliance reasons. Once their identity has been confirmed and they have logged in for the first time, healthcare professionals can enjoy instant access to the restricted areas of the websites. They will then be sent access codes via email for future log-ins.
GNM Healthcare provides high-quality online services and information in order to facilitate the practice of healthcare professionals and improve patient adherence and quality of life. This information is easily accessible, available in real time, and adapted to the needs and interests of each healthcare professional.
The websites are divided into several areas/sections and offer access to numerous features such as, for example, the option to receive newsletters and scientific & clinical information updates.

1.3 Contents & Editorial board
The contents of the GNM Healthcare websites are written by the healthcare professionals and medical journalists named in the sources in their capacity as independent freelance writers.


2. LIMITATIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

2.1 Territory
The information on this website is for the use of users in the country in which the service is offered. Each country has different regulations. Medical practices may require adaptations or additional information taking into account the different regulations. Information provided in one country may not be suitable for use in another country.

2.2 Concept
The site's editorial content and technical management are provided by the publisher, GNM Healthcare Consulting Ireland, Ltd (Employer Identification Number : 20-3257575). Direct and permanent storage for making websites available to the public is provided by Google Cloud and GNM Healthcare.
All personal data is centralised on a single authentication system owned by GNM Healthcare and stored by Google Cloud.

2.3 Compliance with the general conditions of use
Any person having access to the websites and applications of GNM Healthcare must apprise themselves of these general conditions of use before viewing the information appearing on the website or application. Any viewing of the subsequent pages of the site or the application after this page thus entails acknowledgement by the user of the terms of these general conditions of use.
The user acknowledges that he or she accepts these general conditions of use, complies with them and accepts their principles and stipulations.

2.4 Purpose of GNM Healthcare websites
GNM Healthcare offers you privileged access to the latest articles in your area of expertise, available in their original and complete "Full-Text" version for a period of 30 days.
The GNM Healthcare websites are reserved exclusively for healthcare professionals and are only accessible to individuals who have been issued a username and password.
The information is provided for information purposes only and GNM Healthcare does not guarantee its accuracy, its topicality, or its exhaustiveness. In particular, the products characteristics, text and photographs are provided for information purposes only and cannot be considered binding. GNM Healthcare cannot be held liable in any way whatsoever in the event of alleged or proven damage resulting, directly or indirectly, from the consultation or use of this information.

2.5 Access conditions for pages reserved to healthcare professionals
Access to the pages in question is reserved for healthcare professionals users—as defined above—who have previously completed the mandatory registration form to be allocated a username and password.
During the registration process, the user must provide accurate information. They must also undertake to inform GNM Healthcare of any changes to this information in writing and as soon as possible.
GNM Healthcare reserves the right to modify the username and/or password assigned to each user during the registration process for technical or security reasons.
The username and password assigned to each user are strictly private. The user is solely responsible for the storage and confidentiality of their username and password. They are also responsible for any requests and actions that may be carried out using their username and/or password.
The rights and related benefits granted to the user are personal and non-transferable. Any use of the website using their username and/or password will be deemed to have been carried out by the user in question. Any loss, misappropriation or unauthorised use of their username and/or password and any consequences are the responsibility of the user in question. In this case, the user must notify GNM Healthcare as soon as possible so that the latter can immediately change the password assigned during the registration process.

2.6 Provision of applications, widgets, tools to be used on Smartphones (summarised under the term "Information Technology Utilities", hereinafter "IT utilities") available as downloads or online
GNM Healthcare provides the downloadable IT utilities without any guarantee as to their compatibility with the equipment of the user. GNM Healthcare may not be held liable for any direct or consequential damage suffered by the user as a result of the installation or use of the IT utility. GNM Healthcare offers no guarantee whatsoever as to the compatibility of the downloaded IT utility with the expectations and needs of the web user. Furthermore, GNM Healthcare offers no guarantee as to the absence of errors or malfunctioning of the programs of the IT utility, or as to the absence of bugs or viruses.
On no account may GNM Healthcare be held liable for consequential damages suffered by the user as a result of the installation or use of an IT utility. Within the meaning of these conditions of use, the following, inter alia, shall constitute consequential damages: any economic loss, loss of data, IT malfunction, loss of sales turnover or loss of earnings suffered by the user because of any of the documentation or an IT utility.
The IT utility is provided to the user for his or her own individual needs and on a strictly personal basis. No intellectual property right is transferred to the user by these conditions of use. The user shall expressly refrain from reproducing and representing the elements composing the IT utility for any purpose other than for his or her own needs. The elements composing the data-processing utility, be they IT, graphics, editorial or other, are and remain the property of GNM Healthcare or third parties that have duly authorised GNM Healthcare to exploit their rights. On no account does the downloading of the IT utility entitle the user to transfer it to any third party whatsoever, either free of charge or for remuneration, temporarily or permanently. Any use of the IT utility for other than purely personal purposes may be considered as an act of counterfeit and the perpetrator of the offence is liable for prosecution by GNM Healthcare on this basis or any other relevant basis.

2.7 Comments or expert opinions
The GNM Healthcare websites may share opinions formulated by experts that may be of interest to the users. Such comments or expert opinions may also be accessible via hypertext links or shared directly with users who have expressly requested them by way of a form via any other means (particularly email, SMS, PDA downloads, RSS, podcasts and mobile phone). Any information designated as an expert opinion should only be viewed as the opinion of the expert from whom it originated. GNM Healthcare does not in any way validate, endorse, or guarantee its accuracy. If said information proves to be inaccurate or incomplete, or in any way infringe the rights of users or third parties, GNM Healthcare cannot be held liable in any way whatsoever.
In general, all of the information contained on the GNM Healthcare websites and applications, or accessible via hypertext links, or shared directly with users who have expressly requested it by way of a form via any other means (particularly email, SMS, PDA downloads, RSS, podcasts and mobile phone) is provided for information purposes only. GNM Healthcare does not guarantee the accuracy, topicality, or exhaustiveness of the aforementioned information. If the aforementioned information proves to be inaccurate or incomplete, or in any way infringe the rights of users or third parties, GNM Healthcare cannot be held liable in any way whatsoever.

2.8 Liability
GNM Healthcare cannot be held liable for any direct or indirect damages that may result from accessing or using its websites and from the use of the features or information contained therein or shared via any other means (particularly email, SMS, PDA downloads, RSS, podcasts and mobile phone). GNM Healthcare also cannot be held liable for the appropriateness of the choices made by the users based on the information published on the GNM Healthcare websites and applications or shared via any other means (particularly email, SMS, PDA downloads, RSS, podcasts and mobile phone), and the method of implementation of said choices.
Finally, GNM Healthcare cannot be held liable for any damages suffered by the users due to the loss, deterioration or alteration of files, or the transmission of viruses that could infect their computer equipment or any other property when logging into and/or browsing and/or using its websites and applications and their features.

2.9 Guarantees
The user guarantees GNM Healthcare and any other person involved in the creation, production and distribution of its websites and applications that they shall not be liable for any demand, responsibility, costs and expenditure resulting from the violation of these general conditions of use or in relation to the use of GNM Healthcare's websites and applications or any of their features.
All of the information and data transmitted by the user are the responsibility of the user, who undertakes to guarantee and indemnify GNM Healthcare for any direct or consequential damage resulting from such transmission. In particular, the user undertakes not to use communication for to make any remarks that are outwith the law or are unrelated to the purpose of the services offered by GNM Healthcare's websites and applications.

2.10 Update
GNM Healthcare makes its best efforts to offer up-to-date information on its websites and applications. All of the information provided to persons visiting GNM Healthcare's websites and applications is selected on a given date. Information appearing on its websites and applications reflects an opinion existing at the time of its posting online and not at the time of viewing the sites or applications.
Such information may require an update which, for technical or other reasons, may not have been possible at the time the user accesses the site, or the information may have been altered. GNM Healthcare may not be held liable for any error or omission. Any update, new service or new feature that improves or augments one or more existing services shall be subject to these conditions of use.

2.11 Access to websites and applications
GNM Healthcare reserves the right to terminate, modify, suspend, restrict or interrupt access to all or part of its websites, including and in particular the content, the features and the hours of availability, and without prior notice in the case of non-fulfillment of contractual/service provision obligations by its partners.

2.12 Hypertext links
GNM Healthcare's websites and applications may provide links to other sites, generally those of its partners (surface links, deep links, etc.). The sites to which these hypertexts links lead are, unless otherwise stated, independent of GNM Healthcare's websites and applications. These links in no way constitute approval or a partnership between GNM Healthcare and these sites. Consequently, GNM Healthcare may not be held liable for the contents, products, advertising or any material or services presented on those sites. GNM Healthcare recommends that the user peruse the general conditions of use and confidentiality of these sites.
Any hypertext link, of whatever nature, affording access to GNM Healthcare's websites or to any of its pages or its features requires the prior written authorisation of GNM Healthcare. The syndication of content originating from a GNM Healthcare website shall also be subject to this rule.
On no account shall the Internet pages of GNM Healthcare be embedded into the pages of another site. Every effort must be made to indicate clearly to the user that he or she is visiting one of the websites of GNM Healthcare and to allow him or her to view the page freely. In any event, GNM Healthcare shall not be responsible for links made to its website.


3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The websites and applications of GNM Healthcare, in particular all visuals, whether or not they are registered marks or otherwise registered, whether or not they bear the signs ™, ®, or ©, together with the presentation and contents of all the articles, press reviews, and more generally, any information appearing on the sites or applications, are the exclusive property of GNM Healthcare or third parties with which GNM Healthcare has entered into agreements to allow their provision. The user is not empowered to reproduce, disseminate or otherwise exploit them by any means other than the prior, express and written consent of GNM Healthcare.
Any use of the data or information obtained from GNM Healthcare's websites and applications shall mention as a matter of obligation GNM Healthcare as the source of information and shall be imperatively subject to securing formal written authorisation from GNM Healthcare. GNM Healthcare's names and logotypes and its websites and applications constitute trademarks and are protected. Any use of the name and/or logotype of GNM Healthcare, and its websites and applications, requires prior written authorisation from GNM Healthcare. In the absence of such authorisation, criminal proceedings may be instituted against the user.


4. MODIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF USE

As with many companies, in the interests of performance, GNM Healthcare seeks regularly to improve its websites and applications and to customise them for its users.
Consequently, GNM Healthcare reserves the right to modify and update these terms of use at any time and without prior notice, particularly for the purpose of ensuring their compliance with current legislation. By expressly agreeing to check the box provided to this effect, the user is deemed to have accepted the conditions thus modified.