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TERMS OF USE

Last updated December 08, 2025

AGREEMENT TO OUR LEGAL TERMS

We are second scight ("Business," "we," "us," "our"), located and registered at c/o Le Mathis, 204 Avenue de Colmar, F-67100 Strasbourg, France.

We operate the website https://secondscight.com (the "Site"), as well as any other related resources and utilities that refer or link to these legal terms (the "Legal Terms") (collectively, the "Utilities").

second scight empowers biotech and pharma companies with comprehensive data consulting services to accelerate drug development, optimize clinical trials, and improve patient outcomes. In addition to consulting services, second scight offers free Utilities (including calculation tools and educational content) to help researchers accelerate their research and development.

These Legal Terms constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity ("you"), and second scight, concerning your access to and use of the Utilities. You agree that by accessing the Utilities, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Legal Terms. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE UTILITIES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.

Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Utilities from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Legal Terms from time to time. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last updated" date of these Legal Terms. It is your responsibility to periodically review these Legal Terms to stay informed of updates.

The Utilities are intended for users who are at least 18 years old.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. OUR UTILITIES

2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

3. USER REPRESENTATIONS

4. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

5. USER SUBMISSIONS

6. UTILITIES MANAGEMENT

7. PRIVACY POLICY

8. TERM AND TERMINATION

9. MODIFICATIONS AND INTERRUPTIONS

10. GOVERNING LAW & DISPUTE RESOLUTION

11. CORRECTIONS

12. DISCLAIMER

13. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

14. INDEMNIFICATION

15. USER DATA

16. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

17. MISCELLANEOUS

18. CONTACT US

1. OUR UTILITIES

The information provided when using the Utilities is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Utilities from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Our intellectual property

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Utilities, including all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics in the Utilities (collectively, the "Content"), as well as the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the "Marks").

The Content and Marks are provided in or through the Utilities "AS IS" for your personal, non-commercial use or internal business purpose only.

Your use of our Utilities

Subject to your compliance with these Legal Terms, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to:

  • access the Utilities; and
  • download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access.

solely for your personal, non-commercial use or internal business purpose (e.g., using the calculation tools for preliminary research).

Except as set out in this section or elsewhere in our Legal Terms, no part of the Utilities and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.

If you wish to make any use of the Utilities, Content, or Marks other than as set out in this section, please address your request to us as described in the Contact Us section.

3. USER REPRESENTATIONS

By using the Utilities, you represent and warrant that: (1) you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Legal Terms; (2) you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside; (3) you will not access the Utilities through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script or otherwise; (4) you will not use the Utilities for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; and (5) your use of the Utilities will not violate any applicable law or regulation.

4. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

You may not access or use the Utilities for any purpose other than that for which we make the Utilities available. The Utilities may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.

As a user of the Utilities, you agree not to:

  • Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Utilities to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
  • Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Utilities.
  • Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Utilities.
  • Use any information obtained from the Utilities in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
  • Use the Utilities in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
  • Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the Utilities.
  • Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material that interferes with any party's uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Utilities.
  • Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
  • Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content.
  • Copy or adapt the Utilities' software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, Python, or other code.
  • Except as permitted by applicable law, decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Utilities.
  • Use the Utilities as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Utilities and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise.

5. USER SUBMISSIONS

The Utilities may provide you with the opportunity to submit questions, feedback, or data via forms or calculation tools (collectively, "Submissions").

Submissions: By sending us any question, comment, suggestion, idea, feedback, or other information about the Utilities, you agree that we shall be entitled to its unrestricted use and dissemination for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. Note that data entered into calculation tools for the purpose of generating results is processed as described in our Privacy Policy.

You are responsible for what you post or upload: By sending us Submissions through any part of the Utilities you confirm that your Submissions are not illegal, harassing, hateful, harmful, defamatory, obscene, bullying, abusive, discriminatory, or false.

6. UTILITIES MANAGEMENT

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to: (1) monitor the Utilities for violations of these Legal Terms; (2) take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Legal Terms; and (3) otherwise manage the Utilities in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Utilities.

7. PRIVACY POLICY

We care about data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy: https://secondscight.com/privacy. By using the Utilities, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Legal Terms. Please be advised the Utilities are hosted in France.

8. TERM AND TERMINATION

These Legal Terms shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Utilities. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE UTILITIES (INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON.

9. MODIFICATIONS AND INTERRUPTIONS

We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Utilities at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update any information on our Utilities. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Utilities without notice at any time.

We cannot guarantee the Utilities will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Utilities, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors.

10. GOVERNING LAW & DISPUTE RESOLUTION

These Legal Terms are governed by and interpreted following the laws of France. If your habitual residence is in the EU, and you are a consumer, you additionally possess the protection provided to you by obligatory provisions of the law in your country to residence.

Dispute Resolution: second scight and yourself both agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Strasbourg, France. This means that you may make a claim to defend your consumer protection rights in regards to these Legal Terms in France, or in the EU country in which you reside.

Prior to any legal claim, the Parties agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days. Such informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one Party to the other Party.

11. CORRECTIONS

There may be information on the Utilities that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the information on the Utilities at any time, without prior notice.

12. DISCLAIMER

THE UTILITIES (INCLUDING ALL CALCULATION TOOLS, REPORTS, AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS) ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE UTILITIES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE UTILITIES AND YOUR USE THEREOF.

SPECIFIC DISCLAIMER FOR BIOTECH/PHARMA TOOLS: THE TOOLS PROVIDED (SUCH AS HUMAN EQUIVALENT DOSE ESTIMATORS OR CLINICAL TRIAL REPORTS) ARE FOR ESTIMATION AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THEY DO NOT CONSTITUTE MEDICAL ADVICE, REGULATORY ADVICE, OR CLINICAL RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS VERIFY CALCULATIONS AGAINST OFFICIAL GUIDELINES (E.G., FDA, EMA) AND CONSULT WITH QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON DATA GENERATED BY THESE UTILITIES.

WE WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND MATERIALS, OR (2) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE UTILITIES.

13. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE UTILITIES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

14. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of: (1) use of the Utilities; (2) breach of these Legal Terms; or (3) your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights.

15. USER DATA

We will maintain certain data that you transmit to the Utilities for the purpose of managing the performance of the Utilities, as well as data relating to your use of the Utilities. Although we perform regular routine backups of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Utilities.

16. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

Visiting the Utilities, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Utilities, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing.

17. MISCELLANEOUS

These Legal Terms and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Utilities or in respect to the Utilities constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Legal Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Legal Terms operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of these Legal Terms or use of the Utilities.

18. CONTACT US

In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Utilities or to receive further information regarding use of the Utilities, you may email us at sebastien.wieckowski@secondscight.com, use the contact form, or contact us by post at:

Sébastien Wieckowski EI

second scight

c/o Le Mathis

204 Avenue de Colmar

F-67100 Strasbourg

France

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