Please read these terms and conditions carefully as they apply to your use of this Internet site (this “website”) which belongs to MedTech Europe Aisbl (“we” or “us”) with registered office at Rue Joseph II, 40, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium (‘MedTech Europe’).
MedTech Europe is registered in the EU Transparency Register under the number 433743725252-26.
By using this website you agree to be bound by the following terms of use (as well as the Privacy Notice available here).
1) Content
“Content” includes things that you may see, read, hear, download or access on or via this website (including but not limited to messages, files, data, software, images, photographs, illustrations, text and other materials).
The Content contained on this website is provided for general information purposes only. Via its website, MedTech Europe provides Content to all stakeholders including industry, policymakers, general public, healthcare professionals.
This website does not aim at providing information on a medical device or an in vitro medical device in particular. Patients, physicians and other medical professionals should obtain such information with local medical resources and regulatory authorities, checking the information available in this regard in their country. We will never reply to any request for information with regards to any particular medical device.
You should always obtain complete medical information about medical technologies (including their beneficial medical uses and possible adverse effects) by discussing directly with a healthcare professional (your physician or, where appropriate, other medical advisors). None of the Content on this website is a substitute for medical advice. If you have health concerns, you should consult your doctor.
2) Information supplied to us
a) Where you are required to register with us: (i) you must provide us with accurate, complete and updated registration information; (ii) you must safeguard any username and password which we provide to you; and (iii) you authorise us to assume that any person using this website with your user name and password is either you or authorised to act for you.
b) Except were the privacy notice provides otherwise, any communication or material you transmit to this website by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary.
Except where prior agreed otherwise in writing, anything you transmit becomes the property of MedTech Europe and may be used for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, we are free to use, without compensation to you, any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the website for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to developing of communication material.
c) The sender of any communications to this website or otherwise to MedTech Europe shall be responsible for the information contained therein, including its truthfulness and accuracy.
You cannot: (i) disrupt or interfere with the website or servers or other software, hardware or equipment connected to or via this website (including, without limitation, the introduction of computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data) or misuse the website (including, without limitation, by hacking); (ii) violate any applicable law relating to your use of this website; (iii) collect or store personal data about other users of this website; or (iv) share information in any way on specific products, nor to report any adverse event in using products; please send any report on adverse events to manufacturers and relevant authorities where appropriate; (v) transmit to or from the website any material (a) that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience; or (b) for which you have not obtained all necessary licences and/or approvals.
We will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing use to disclose the identity of anyone breaching the applicable law.
4) Limitation of liability
a) You use the website at your own risk. You must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including reliance on the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any Content. All information provided on or via the website is for information purposes only.
b) We endeavour to provide a convenient and functional website, but we make no warranties or representations as to the accuracy of any of the Content. We assume no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the Content.
c) Although we will use reasonable endeavours to maintain the Content, we do not undertake to provide support or maintenance services for the Content. We reserve the right to make changes, corrections and/or improvements at any time without notice.
d) We are not liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, or use of this website.
e) Without limiting the above provisions, everything on this website is provided to you “as is” and “as available” without warranty or condition of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
We exclude all representations and warranties to the fullest extent permissible under any applicable law.
If a jurisdiction does not allow the exclusion of implied warranties in accordance with this provision, but allows limitations of a certain maximum extent then we limit our warranties to that extent. In addition to the other disclaimers and restrictions on our liability set out in these terms and conditions and to the fullest extent permissible under any applicable law, we will accept no liability whatsoever for any direct, incidental, consequential or indirect loss or damage, loss or corruption of data, loss of profits, goodwill, bargain or opportunity or loss of anticipated savings or any other loss resulting from your access to, reliance on, or use of, or inability to use this website and the Content, however caused and whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, and whether or not we know of the possibility of such loss or damage.
f) This website may provide links or references to other sites. We have not reviewed any or all of the third-party websites which contain links to this website and we accept to liability for the content of such other sites and shall not be liable for any damages or injury arising from that content. Any links to other sites are provided as merely a convenience to the users of this website. Please note that the terms of use and privacy notice of these other sites may be different than these of this website.
5) Intellectual property rights
a) You acknowledge that the Content is subject to copyright and possibly other intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”).
You must not by yourself or permit any other person to: (i) sell, reproduce, distribute, modify, display, publicly perform, prepare derivative works based on, repost or otherwise use any of the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose without our prior written consent; or (ii) use any Content on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose; or (iii) reverse engineer any Content consisting of downloadable software; or (iv) otherwise infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any person in using the website or any Content.
b) Nothing you do on or in relation to this website will transfer any Intellectual Property Rights to you or license you to exercise any Intellectual Property Rights unless this is expressly stated.
6) Cancellation
a) Where you are required to register with us, you may cancel such registration at any time by notifying us at [email protected]
b) We may cancel your registration if you do not visit the website for an extended period of time, or if we reasonably believe that you have violated any applicable laws, acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms of Use, or have violated our rights or those of another party.
c) Following cancellation we may retain any information you submitted as part of the registration process, and any information arising from your use of this website for such period as may be required by applicable laws.
7) Other MedTech Europe websites
EthicalMedTech is a platform, supported by MedTech Europe, dedicated to ethics and compliance projects in the MedTech industry.
MedTech Week provides a European platform for local initiatives to promote the work the medical technology industry is doing together with different stakeholders – patients, carers, professionals, decision-makers and many others.
The This Is MedTech is a blog platform that tells stories of real people whose lives have been transformed thanks to medical technology.
MedTech Views is a blog platform that boosts the dialogue about medtech hosting views from healthcare professionals, patients, public policy experts, social innovators, tech enthusiasts and the European medical technology industry.
The MedTech Forum is the largest health and medical technology industry conferences
in Europe and a key event since 2007. The website includes all the necessary information and updates about the Event.
The AMR mini website contains information and materials about the role of medical technologies in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
8) Changes to this Terms of Use
We reserve the right to modify or discontinue this website at any time without notice and without liability.
We may also revise these terms and conditions from time to time by updating this page. The revised terms will take effect when they are posted.
9) Contact Details
MedTech Europe – Rue Joseph II, 40 – B – 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 (0)2 300 96 43
Email: [email protected]
This site was created and is managed in accordance with Belgian law.
Last update: May 2021