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Hitachi Chemical Diagnostics (HCD) offers products and services to diagnose and treat allergic diseases. This Web Site contains information about these products, which may or may not be available in any particular country, and if applicable, may have received approval or market clearance by a governmental regulatory body for different indications and restrictions in different countries. Each country has specific laws, regulations and medical practices governing the communication of medical or other information about medical products, including on the Internet. Nothing herein should be construed as a solicitation or promotion for any product or for an indication for any product that is not authorized by the laws and regulations of the country where the reader resides.

Disclaimer
This Web Site has been developed as a service of HCD. Like any other service, in spite of our best efforts the information in this Web Site may become out of date over time. Nothing on this Web Site should be construed as the giving of advice or the making of a recommendation and it should not be relied on as the basis for any decision or action. It is important that you rely only on the advice of a health care professional to advise you on your specific situation. HCD accepts no liability for the accuracy or completeness or use of, nor any liability to update, the information contained on this Web Site. These materials are provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.

This U.S.-based Web Site may link you to other Web Sites on the Internet, including the Web Sites for HCD affiliates in other countries. HCD cannot take responsibility for information found on third party Web sites outside its control. While HCD attempts to provide links only to third-party Web Sites that comply with all applicable laws and regulations and HCD' standards, please understand that the content on these third-party Web Sites is subject to change without notice to HCD. We therefore cannot be responsible for, and accept no liability for, any information or opinion contained in any third-party Web Site.

Copyright and Intellectual Property
HCD hereby authorizes you to copy materials published by it on this Web site for non-commercial use only, provided any copy of these materials which you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices and any disclaimer contained thereon and on this Web Site.

All images used on this site are owned or licensed by HCD for use on this site only. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any patent or trademark of HCD or any third party. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any HCD copyright.

HCD claims no ownership in, nor any affiliation with, any third-party trademarks appearing in this Web Site. Such third-party trademarks are used only to identify the products and services of their respective owners, and no sponsorship or endorsement on the part of HCD should be inferred from the use of these marks.

Should any viewer of a HCD published document respond with information including feedback data such as questions, comments, suggestions, or the like regarding the content of any such HCD material, such information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and we shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute the information to others without limitation. We shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products incorporating such information.

Privacy Statement
HCD respects the privacy of visitors to our online sites. HCD will only collect personally identifiable data, such as your name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address, when it is voluntarily submitted to us at this website. HCD and/or the companies we hire will use this information to comply with your request for information or as otherwise disclosed to you at the location at which you submit your information. From time to time, we may refer to that information to better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services. We may use that information to contact you. We will not sell or otherwise transfer the personally identifiable information you provide at this website to any third party unless otherwise disclosed to you when you submit your information.

This HCD website also uses information in aggregate form to track the total number of visitors to our site, where they came from, operating systems and browsers used, including display settings, and the domain names and country of origin of our visitors' Internet service providers. No personally identifiable information is available in this process.

As a convenience to our visitors, HCD's site currently contains links to a number of sites that we believe may offer useful information. The privacy policies and procedures described here do not apply to those sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their data collection and distribution policies. Any changes to this HCD Internet Privacy Statement will be promptly communicated on this page.