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Terms of Use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY.

These Terms of Use describe rules for visitors to this United Therapeutics Corporation (“United Therapeutics”) Web site. This Web site is owned and operated by United Therapeutics. United Therapeutics is the name we use to refer to our whole business, including United Therapeutics Corporation and any of the companies that it controls, such as its subsidiaries and affiliates. When we use the words we or our, we mean United Therapeutics. United Therapeutics also operates other Web sites. These Terms of Use do not apply to our other Web sites. You should review the terms of use posted on these United Therapeutics Web sites when you visit them.

Please read this page carefully. By using this Web site, you agree to be bound by all of the Terms and Conditions set forth below. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions, please do not use this Web site.

These Terms of Use were last updated on August 1, 2011. We may change these Terms of Use at any time. Please review the Terms of Use each time you visit the Web site. By using this Web site, it means you accept the most recent version of the Terms of Use.

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ABOUT THE INFORMATION ON THIS WEB SITE

Much of the information on this Web site relates to products and services offered by United Therapeutics. The materials on this Web site are for your general educational information only. Information you read on this Web site cannot replace the relationship that you have with your health care professional. United Therapeutics does not practice medicine or provide medical services or advice and the information on this Web site should not be considered medical advice. You should always talk to your health care professional for diagnosis and treatment.

Health information changes quickly. Therefore, it is always best to confirm information with your health care professional.

This Web site contains information about products and therapies authorized in the United States, and is intended for a United States audience. If you live outside the U.S., you may see information on this Web site about products or therapies that are not available or authorized in your country.

OUR COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS

The materials on this Web site belong to or are licensed to us. The materials are protected by United States and foreign copyright laws. There are some important rules about copying these materials. You may e-mail, download, or print copies of the materials on this Web site, but only for your personal, noncommercial use. When you e-mail, download, or print a copy of the materials on this Web site, you must also include all copyright and other notices that are in the materials, including the copyright notice on the bottom of the page.

The names, marks, and logos appearing on this site are, unless otherwise noted, trademarks owned by or licensed to United Therapeutics or an affiliated company. These items are protected by United States and foreign of trademark laws. A ® following a name on our Web site indicates that the trademark has been registered in the United States. A ™ following a name on our Web site indicates that it is an unregistered trademark. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

There may be special rules for the use of materials provided on certain parts of this Web site. These special rules will be posted near the materials.

If you use the materials or trademarks on this Web site in a way that is not clearly allowed by these Terms of Use, you are violating your agreement with us and may be violating copyright, trademark, and other laws. Any use of our marks contrary to these terms and conditions will result in the automatic revocation of your permission to use this Web site. Title to the materials remains with us or with the authors of the materials contained on this Web site. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

LINKS TO THIS WEB SITE AND USE OF UNITED THERAPEUTICS MARKS

You are hereby granted a non-exclusive, limited, and revocable license to link to this Web site. United Therapeutics reserves the right to revoke this license generally, or your right to use specific links, at any time. If United Therapeutics revokes this license, you agree to remove and disable any and all of your links to this Web site immediately.

You agree not to present the link to this Web site in such a way that it is associated with advertising or appears to be an endorsement of any organization, product, or service. You agree that the link will not appear on a Web site that a reasonable person may consider obscene, defamatory, harassing, grossly offensive, or malicious. Under no circumstances may you "frame" this Web site or any of its content or copy portions of this Web site to a server. You agree not to display or use the United Therapeutics logo or trademark in any manner without our prior written permission.

LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES

This Web site may contain links to Web sites not operated by United Therapeutics. We provide these links for your convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the materials on any other Web sites. These Web sites may contain information about uses of United Therapeutics products or therapies that have not been approved in the United States. We do not control or endorse this type of information. We are not responsible for the performance of those Web sites or for your business dealings with them. Your use of other Web sites is subject to the terms of use of those Web sites, including the privacy policies of those Web sites. If you decide to visit any third-party sites using links from this Web site, you do so at your own risk.

YOUR FEEDBACK, COMMENTS AND IDEAS

While we are pleased to receive feedback, comments and ideas from visitors to this Web site, we want you to understand that any information that you submit through this Web site will be considered non-personal, non-confidential, and non-proprietary (other than personal information, as that term is defined in our Privacy Statement).

If you transmit any ideas, information, concepts, know-how or techniques or materials to us through this Web site, you hereby grant United Therapeutics an unrestricted, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute them in any medium, and agree that United Therapeutics is free to use them for any purpose.

As a user of this Web site, you are responsible for your own communications and the consequences of posting them. Therefore, do not do any of the following things: transmit to us material that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; send material that reveals trade secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of the owner; send material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; send material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; send sexually-explicit images; send advertisements or solicitations of business; send chain letters or descriptions of or invitations to participate in pyramid schemes; or impersonate another person. If the company learns or suspects that you may have posted material in violation of these rules, it will remove that material pending further investigation.

If you believe that anything posted on the company's site infringes or may infringe the rights of others, including copyright, please notify the Office of General Counsel by email (legal@unither.com) or phone (202-483-7000). The legal department will investigate your claim and take the appropriate action in response.

Limitation of Liability Although the company strives for accuracy in all elements of the Site Material, it may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Additionally, while users of this Web site are bound by these terms and conditions not to submit false material, the company cannot be responsible for the violation of these terms by users, or for the reliance by users upon false or misleading material submitted by other users. The company makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, validity, completeness, or timeliness of the material on this Web site or about the results to be obtained from using the Web site or from relying on its material. You use the Web site and its material at your own risk. The site material may not always be the most current source of information, and the company disclaims any duty to update this Web site or the site material, and also disclaims liability for any failure to update this Web site or the site material. In addition, the site material available on this Web site is provided as a convenience only, and where any documents on this Web site have been filed in accordance with applicable securities laws, such documents are not the official versions of the company's disclosure documents. You are directed to obtain official copies either from applicable securities regulators or from the company.

THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEB SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE WEB SITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES, WORMS OR OTHER HARMFUL MATERIAL. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE OR THE SITE'S MATERIAL RESULTS IN ANY COSTS OR EXPENSES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS OR EXPENSES.

THIS WEB SITE AND ITS MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES' RIGHTS, AND THE WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ALTHOUGH THE COMPANY STRIVES TO PROVIDE THOROUGH AND ACCURATE MATERIALS ON ITS SITE, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS.

Disclaimer of Damages IN NO EVENT SHALL UNITED THERAPEUTICS, ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON THE SITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE MATERIAL ON THIS WEB SITE OR SITES LINKED TO THIS WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT UNITED THERAPEUTICS IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Indemnity By using this Web site, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the company, its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal and accounting fees) that the company may become obligated to pay arising or resulting from your use of the site material or your breach of these Terms and Conditions. The company reserves the right to assume or participate, at your expense, in the investigation, settlement and defense of any such action or claim.

OTHER RULES ABOUT THIS WEB SITE

In addition to the rules in these Terms of Use and the Privacy Statement, you may be subject to additional terms that may apply when you access particular services or materials on certain areas in this Web site, such as when you follow a link from this Web site. Please read our Privacy Statement to learn how we protect and use information that we gather through this Web site.

Your obligations under this section and the sections called "Your Feedback," "No Warranties" and "Limitation of Liability" will survive termination of these Terms of Use.

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. No waiver of any of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.

If you violate these Terms of Use or the Privacy Statement in a way that causes harm to others, you agree to hold United Therapeutics harmless against any liability for that harm.

By using this Web site, you agree that the only proper jurisdiction and venue for any dispute with United Therapeutics, or in any way relating to your use of this Web site, is in the state and federal courts in the State of Maryland, U.S.A. You further agree and consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in these courts in connection with any dispute involving United Therapeutics or its affiliates, employees, officers, directors, agents, or suppliers.

These Terms of Use are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Maryland, without respect to its conflict of laws principles, and the federal laws of the United States. All questions about Privacy are addressed by the Privacy Statement.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND NOTICES

United Therapeutics may deliver notice to you by electronic mail, a general notice on this Web site, or by written communication delivered by First Class U.S. Mail to your address on record with United Therapeutics. You may deliver notice to United Therapeutics at:

Corporate Headquarters
United Therapeutics Corporation
1040 Spring Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910