AstraZeneca’s Customer Online Services (COS) Terms of Use
General Information
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and AstraZeneca LP (collectively, "AstraZeneca"), are pleased to extend you, our valued trade customers, and your permitted users (collectively, “you” or “User”) access to the Customer Online Services application (the “Site”) subject to compliance with these Terms of Use. This Site has been created to enhance the customer service and product information AstraZeneca currently provides to its trade customers.It is intended to be a supplement to the other service and information collection methods we have in place. This Site is for use by US and Puerto Rico resident trade customers only.
 
By clicking on the ["I Accept"] button or otherwise registering as a User and using the Site, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use and represent that you have the full power, authority and legal capacity to enter into these Terms of Use and bind your company/organization in connection with any transaction through the Site. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, you should not use the Site.These Terms of Use may be modified by AstraZeneca at any time without notice, so we recommend that you review these Terms of Use on a regular basis.
 
Authorization
Only permitted Users can access and use this site. Only two parties can authorize permitted users:
 
  1. AstraZeneca’s COS Webmaster - the COS Webmaster will authorize a User’s Customer User Administrators (CUA’s).AstraZeneca will work with Users to identify whom the Customer User Administrator(s) should be at each company.If you have any questions regarding the Site and/or your role as a CUA contact the COS Webmaster.
  2. Customer User Administrator – the Customer User Administrator may authorize employees of their company to be permitted Users of the Site. The Customer User Administrator can authorize three types of permitted Users: users with order entry, users without order entry, and users without order entry and without invoice information. If you are a permitted User, your company’s Customer User Administrator will be your point of contact for initial authorization and for any questions you may have while using COS.
 
Once you are a permitted User, it is understood that you will notify AstraZeneca or your Customer User Administrator immediately if any of your contact information is incorrect.If you leave your company or transfer to a position within your company where you no longer should have access to the Site, you should notify your Customer User Administrator immediately.It is your responsibility to keep any User identification number and passwords confidential. AstraZeneca shall have no responsibility for the unauthorized use of a user identification or password.
 
Technical Requirements
The Site is best viewed with Internet Connectivity of:
  • Minimum of 56K connection speed
  • Ability to establish and acceptance of a secure outbound connection with AstraZeneca using AppGate software (this may require firewall configuration)
The Site is best viewed with the following Operating Systems
  • Windows XP, 2000, ME, NT4, 98, or 95
The Site is best viewed with the following Web Browsers
  • Internet Explorer 5.x or higher
  • Microsoft Virtual Machine (JVM) - anything greater than version 4.79 (most recent JVM is recommended)
  • Cookies enabled
  • Your machine can not be running any services on Port 80 while access COS (Personal Web Server, IIS, etc.)
You will need the following Supporting Software
  • Adobe Acrobat (for viewing pdf attachments)
On your initial log-on to the Site, you will be required to accept an Applet download (for the AppGate software) in order to continue using the Site.
 
Termination
AstraZeneca may terminate your Registration and use of the Site at any time: (a) immediately if you breach this Agreement, (b) if AstraZeneca is unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to AstraZeneca, or (c) if your account has not been active for fourteen (14) days, or (d) if you or your company/organization no longer qualify as a permitted User. You may terminate these Terms of Use by giving fourteen (14) days’ prior written notice or by email to AstraZeneca.Termination of these Terms of Use shall not affect any obligations which arose prior to the effective date of such termination.
 
Intellectual Property Information/System Integrity
The contents of this Site are copyrighted. AstraZeneca hereby authorizes you to use or copy reasonable portions of this Site for your business use only, provided that any copy of these documents which you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices and any disclaimer contained on the documents. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, you may not otherwise copy, display, download, distribute, modify, reproduce, republish or retransmit any information, images, text or documents contained in this Site or any portion thereof in any electronic medium or in hard copy, or create any derivative work based on such information, images, text or documents, without the express written consent of AstraZeneca.
You agree not to knowingly: (i) use any device, software or technique to interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site; (ii) post or transmit to the Site any unlawful, fraudulent, harassing, libelous, or obscene Data (meaning any information, data, or other things submitted by you to the Site) of any kind; (iii) post or send to the Site anything that contains a virus, bug, cancelbolt, worm, Trojan Horse or other harmful item; (iv) reverse engineer the Site; (v) post or transmit into or on the Site any Data in violation of another party's copyright or intellectual property rights; (vi) take any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Site; (vii) redeliver the Site using "framing", hyperlinks, or other technology without AstraZeneca's express written permission; or (viii) use any device or technology to provide repeated automated attempts to access password-protected portions of the Site for which you do not have permission to access.You may not allow any third parties to use your password for any reason whatsoever, and You agree to take all appropriate steps to maintain its confidential nature.
No information or statement contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel, or otherwise any license or right under any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right of AstraZeneca, or its affiliates, or any third party. Except as expressly provided above, no information or statement contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any AstraZeneca group patent, copyright or trademark.
All Product names referred to herein are trademarks of the AstraZeneca group of companies, its licensors or joint venture partners unless otherwise indicated.
 
Disclaimers
This Site is provided to You in order to further enhance our current service offerings.This site will enable you to check order status, place standard orders, view invoice information, track shipment of Products and receive and send communications from AstraZeneca.However, THIS SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ASTRAZENECA MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. ASTRAZENECA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All Users agree that all access and use of this Site and its content is at their own risk.
Neither AstraZeneca nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering this Site shall be liable in any manner for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages (including without limitation, any damages arising from loss of business, interruption of use, loss or corruption of data, or lost profits, whether or not advised of the possibility of such damage) whether in contract or tort, arising out of your access, use or inability to use this Site.
 
Third Party Sites
This Site may provide links or references to other Internet sites maintained by third parties over whom AstraZeneca has no control. Such links are provided merely as a convenience to users of this Site. AstraZeneca takes no responsibility for the content of such sites and makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in such sites, and shall have no liability for any damages or injuries of any kind arising from such content or information.
 
Compliance with Laws
You shall comply with all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of the Site and your purchase of products or services. You acknowledge that AstraZeneca has the right, but no obligation, to monitor the Site, or to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests (including a government requirement to disclose any Data you provide on the Site). AstraZeneca reserves the right to refuse to post or process any Data on the Site, in whole or in part, for any reason.
 
Confidentiality
All information provided to a User on this Site by AstraZeneca, including any information concerning prices, quantities purchased by any customer, or other terms and conditions, shall be held by the User in strict confidence and shall not be disclosed to a third party.
 
Privacy Statements
Please click here for the Privacy Statement.
AstraZeneca uses a product called WebTrends Live, from NetIQ, to collect information and analyze traffic to the Site. WebTrends Live does not collect personal information from visitors to this Site, but does collect anonymous, non-personally identifiable information in order to provide statistics and analyses of web page traffic patterns to AstraZeneca. Web Trends Live also uses cookies for tracking such traffic patterns. You many find the privcay statement for WebTrends Live at http://www.webtrendslive.com/wtl_marcom/privacy_policy.htm.
 
Miscellaneous
All notices will be sent by the Site’s Message Center, either from AstraZeneca or from your CUA, if by you to COS Webmaster via the Contact Us module of the Site, or if by us either to the email address You provide to AstraZeneca during the registration process or other address that You specify in writing.These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflict of law provisions.These Terms of Use constitute the entire Terms of Use between the parties with respect to the Site, provided that if any conflict should arise between the terms of the Terms of Use and any other written agreement between You and AstraZeneca, the other written agreement terms shall be controlling. You agree that neither your use of the Site nor any content hereof shall amend or modify any terms of any written agreement between You and AstraZeneca relating to the sale of any Products, and all transactions for the sale of Products shall be subject to such agreement.
 
Contact Information
If you have questions or concerns about the Site, please contact our Customer Service Department at
1-800-842-9920.
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