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This page provides the terms of use and policies governing this site, as well as copyright information for the site and Akesis products.

Copyright and Acknowledgements

Privacy Policy for www.akesis.com

Documents published by Akesis on this Website may not be copied other than for non-commercial individual reference, with all copyright or other proprietary notices retained, and thereafter may not be recopied, reproduced or otherwise distributed.

We may allow copying or publishing of documents on this site in a manner that is not in compliance with the statement above, provided that express permission is sought and given by Akesis. Please e-mail us at

to request this permission.

When permission is granted to re-use material, please acknowledge Akesis as follows: "[Text / image] courtesy of Akesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., www.akesis.com."

Privacy Policy for www.akesis.com

For each visitor to our Website, our Web server automatically recognizes only the visitor's IP address, Web browser version, the referring page, and the site the visitor came from. Sometimes it is possible to identify the visitor's organization from the IP address. We automatically collect this information, and aggregate information on which pages are accessed by visitors. This information is used to inform and improve the structure and content of our Web pages. Note that, where visitors come to our site by clicking on a link in an e-mail received from Akesis, it may be possible for us to associate that visit with the address to which the e-mail was sent.

Terms of Use

This Website has been designed to provide general information about Akesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Akesis has attempted to provide accurate and current information on this Website; however, Akesis makes no representations about the suitability of the information contained or published on this Website for any purpose. All such information is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. No warranty or representation is made, express or implied, that the information contained or referenced herein is accurate, current or complete. Furthermore, Akesis shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever for direct, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages resulting for the use of, or inability to use, this information or any information provided through linked Websites.

This Website may contain third-party information. Such information is, wherever reasonably possible, marked with the name of the source. Such third-party information does not represent the views or opinions of Akesis, and Akesis takes no responsibility whatsoever for such information.

This Website also contains links to third-party Websites. Akesis is providing these links only as a convenience and the inclusion of any such links does not imply endorsement by Akesis of such third-party Websites. Akesis does not have any knowledge of or control over the information contained in such third-party Websites, and therefore, does not take any responsibility whatsoever for any information or content contained in such third-party Websites, links contained on such third-party Websites or changes to such third-party Websites.

Should any viewer of this Website provide Akesis feedback, information or data, whether in the form of questions, comments, suggestions or otherwise, such information shall be deemed to be non-confidential. Akesis shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information, and shall be free to use any information, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever and to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute such information to third parties without limitation. (Note that personal contact information is covered by our privacy policy above.)

Akesis reserves the right to alter the content of its Website in any way, at any time and for any reason, without prior notification, and will not be liable in any way for possible consequences of such changes or for inaccuracies, typographical errors or omissions in the contents hereof.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any patent or trademark of Akesis or any third party. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any right or license under any Akesis copyrights. The use or misuse of any such trademarks, patents or copyrights provide hereunder, except as permitted herein, is expressly prohibited and may be in violation of patent law, trademark law or copyright law, the law of slander and libel, the law of privacy and publicity and communications regulations and statutes. Please be advised that Akesis actively and aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.

Trademarks

The following are trademarks of Akesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., within the United States:

Akesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.™

Akesis logo (color and black/white versions)