Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VALID ONLY United States, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, China, Japan, S. Korea, Australia, Singapore, and Taiwan. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW

ENTRY IN THIS PROMOTION CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES.

The sponsor of this Promotion is Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany or one of its affiliates (the “Sponsor”). The Promotion begins at 12:01 AM EST on January 15, 2023 and ends at the earlier of (a) 11:59 PM EST on July 15, 2023 or (b) when all Samples (as defined below) have been claimed (“Promotional Period”). PARTICIPANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE CORRESPONDING TIME ZONE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTION.

To be eligible for the Promotion, as of the start of the Promotional Period, Participants must (i) have reached the age of majority in their place of residence and be at least eighteen (18) years old; and (ii) have Internet access; and (iii) employed by a biopharma company.

The following individuals are not eligible to participate:

• Officials and employees of any local, state, provincial or federal or other government or government agency;
• Employees of the Sponsor or its affiliates and their immediate family and household members;
• Healthcare professionals (HCPs) and employees of healthcare organizations (HCOs); and
• Consultants
• Employees of competitors

If you are acting within the scope of your employment, as an employee, contractor, or agent of another party, you warrant that such party has full knowledge of your actions and has consented thereto. You further warrant that your actions do not violate your employer or company’s policies and procedures.

BUY ONE, GET 50% OFF. To enter the Promotion, Participants must go to the Promotion website at: Pellicon^® Capsules Gene Vaccine Therapies, select which Pellicon^® Capsule size 0.1 m² with 100 kDa Ultracel^® Membrane or a Pellicon^® Capsule size 0.1 m² with 300 kDa Ultracel^® Membrane product you are interested in, and complete and submit the form and the additional registration information required for participation. All entries must be received online through the online submission system on or before the end of the Promotional Period. LIMIT ONE (1) ENTRY PER PERSON AND LIMITED TO ONE SET OF PRODUCTS PER CUSTOMER. Subsequent entries will be disqualified. Entries become the sole property of the Sponsor. Entries are void if they are in whole or part unintelligible, incomplete, damaged, altered, counterfeit, obtained through fraud, or late.

Qualified Participants will receive a 50% discount off of the list price for one Pellicon® Capsule with Ultracel^® Membrane pore size 100 kDa or 300 kDA, C Screen, 0.1 m², catalog number PCC100C01 and PCC300C01 respectively (“Discounted Product”). SUPPLY OF THE DISCOUNTED PRODUCT IS LIMITED. The Discounted Product comes with the standard warranty as described in the documentation therefor, including but not limited to the Sponsor’s terms and conditions of sale. Participants are solely responsible for all shipping costs, service fees, taxes and other charges resulting from purchase or use of the Discounted Product.

All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. The Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify individuals who violate these Rules, misrepresent themselves or provide misleading information to the Sponsor. Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any Participant who tampers with the submission process or any other part of the Promotion. Any attempt by a Participant to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such Participant to the fullest extent of the applicable law. Participants agree to be bound by the decisions of the Sponsor.

Participants agree that personal data including, but not limited to, name, mailing address, phone number, and email address (“Personal Information”) may be collected, processed, stored and otherwise used by the Sponsor, or any party authorized by them for the purposes of conducting and administering the Promotion, including its affiliates. This Personal Information may also be used by Sponsor or any party authorized by them, including its affiliates, to verify a Participant’s identity, postal address and telephone number in the event a Participant qualifies for the Samples as well as to deliver the Samples.

Participants further agree that their Personal Information may be used to fulfill additional terms of the Promotion, to contact the Participant in response to a question submitted by such Participant, or in any other manner in accordance with the Sponsor’s Data Privacy Policy.

This Personal Information may also be shared by the Sponsor or any party authorized by them with any third-party for the purposes of fulfilling the terms of this Promotion or another service that you have requested, to comply with the law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the requirements of law or comply with legal process served on Sponsor, and to protect and defend Sponsor’s rights or property. Participants understand and agree that this may mean that their Personal Information is transmitted, processed or stored in the United States. Note that we may share this Personal Information with our agents located in our various offices throughout the world. Some of those offices may be in countries with data protection laws different than those established under Participants’ national, state, provincial or local law.

For residents of the European Union: Pursuant to EU law pertaining to data collection and processing, Participants are informed that:

• The data controller is Sponsor and the data recipients are Sponsor and its affiliates and agents;
• Participant Personal Information is collected for purposes of administration of the Promotion;
• Participants have a right of access to and withdrawal of their Personal Information. Participants also have a right of opposition to the data collection, under certain circumstances. To exercise such right, E-Mail: privacy@emdgroup.com
• Participant Personal Information will be transferred to the U.S.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SPONSOR OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF PROFITS, INCURRED BY PARTICIPANTS OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY OR IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF SUCH DAMAGES, ARISING FROM THE PROMOTION, THE SAMPLES OR USE OF THE SAMPLES, EVEN IF THE SPONSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.