This site is owned by Shire US Inc. This Online Privacy Policy is designed to tell you about our practices regarding collection, use, and disclosure of information that you may provide via this site. Please be sure to read this entire Online Privacy Policy before using, or submitting information to, this site.

Your Consent

By using a Shire site, you signify your assent to the Shire Online Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our sites. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our sites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

About Children

This site is not intended for children under the age of 18. We will not knowingly collect information from site visitors in this age group. We encourage parents to talk to their children about their use of the Internet and the information they disclose to websites.

About This Site

In our effort to bring you up-to-date, accurate product and resource information, we use various expert sources and studies to develop site content. As a result, you may find slight differences in statistics and/or percentages across various articles—because different sources can view data differently.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It

Many of the services on our site are offered without our collecting any personally identifiable information from you. You can visit our site and view most of the content anonymously.

The information we gather on our site falls into two categories: (1) personally identifiable information you supply, and (2) aggregate information collected as you navigate through our site.

Personally Identifiable Information Collection

Like many websites, this site actively collects information from its visitors both by asking you specific questions and by permitting you to communicate directly with us via e-mail, feedback forms, and/or chat rooms. Some of the information that you submit may be personally identifiable information (that is, information that can be uniquely identified with you, such as your full name, address, e-mail address, phone number, and so on).

Some areas of this site may require you to submit treatment and/or demographic information in order for you to benefit from the specialized features (such as newsletter subscriptions, tips/pointers, etc.) or to participate in a particular activity (such as promotions). You will be informed at each information collection point what information is required and what information is optional.

Aggregate Information Collection

As you navigate through a website, certain information can be passively collected (that is, gathered without your actively providing the information) using various technologies and means, such as navigational data collection. This site may use Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. An IP Address is a number assigned to your computer by your Internet service provider so you can access the Internet and is generally considered to be non-personally identifiable information, because in most cases an IP address is dynamic (changing each time you connect to the Internet), rather than static (unique to the particular user's computer). We use your IP address to diagnose problems with our server, report aggregate information, determine the fastest route to your computer in connecting to our site, and administer and improve the site.

We also collect information about your use of our site through cookies and similar technology. A “cookie” is a bit of information that a website sends to your computer that helps the site remember information about you and your preferences and recognize you as a return visitor to the site. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information.

“Internet tags” (also known as single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs, and 1-by-1 GIFs) are smaller than cookies and tell the website server information such as the IP address and browser type related to the visitor's computer. This site may at times use Internet tags.

“Navigational data” (“log files,” “server logs,” and “clickstream” data) are used for system management, to improve the content of the site, for market research purposes, and to communicate information to visitors. This site may at times use navigational data.

Use and Disclosure of Information

Except as otherwise stated, we may use your information to improve the content of our site, to customize the site to your preferences, to communicate information to you (if you have requested it), for our marketing and research purposes, and for the purposes specified in this Online Privacy Policy. If you provide personally identifiable information to this site, we may combine such information with other actively and passively collected information.

We may disclose your personally identifiable information to our affiliates worldwide that agree to treat it in accordance with this Online Privacy Policy. In addition, we may disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties located in the United States and/or any other country, but only (i) to contractors we use to support our business (e.g., fulfillment services, technical support, delivery services, and financial institutions), in which case we will require such third parties to agree to treat it in accordance with this Online Privacy Policy; (ii) in connection with the sale, assignment, or other transfer of the business of this site to which the information relates, in which case we will require any such buyer to agree to treat it in accordance with this Online Privacy Policy; or (iii) where required by applicable laws, court orders, or government regulations. In addition, we will make full use of all information acquired through this site that is not in personally identifiable form.

Access and Correction

To keep your personally identifiable information accurate, current, and complete, please contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct personally identifiable information in our possession that you have previously submitted via this site.

Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your personally identifiable information as you transmit your information from your computer to our site and to protect such information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. You should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this site may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail. Moreover, where you use passwords, ID numbers, or other special access features on this site, it is your responsibility to safeguard them.

Links to Other Websites

This site may contain links or references to websites. Please be aware that we do not control other websites and that, in any case, this Online Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Online Privacy Policy or about the information practices of this site, or would like to have your information removed from our files, please contact us as follows:

Shire US Inc.
Attn: Privacy Policy
725 Chesterbrook Blvd.
Wayne, PA 19087

This policy was last revised April 29, 2005.

Copyrights

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Thank you for your interest. Shire US Inc. welcomes your comments and questions

US Headquarters
Shire US Inc.
725 Chesterbrook Blvd.
Wayne, PA 19087

Patients and Caregivers

Call the Shire Customer Service Center toll free at (800) 828-2088, M-F 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM ET.

Health Care Professionals

Clinical inquiries: For further clinical information on Shire products, US health care professionals may call Shire Medical Affairs toll free at (800) 828-2088, or send an e-mail to medinfoGlobal@shire.com.

We work to ensure that the information provided on this website is accurate, timely and useful. However, the information contained on this site is for educational purposes only and should not be treated as medical advice. Nothing contained on this website is intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment or as a substitute for consultation with a qualified and licensed healthcare professional. Users of this website are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein with other reliable sources and to direct any questions concerning their personal health to licensed physicians or other appropriate healthcare professionals.

Shire U.S. Inc., its affiliates or agents, and any other parties involved in the preparation or publication of this website are not responsible for the accuracy or content of information you may receive through your participation in the U.C. Community. Please remember that any information you include in your profile or make available to others through your participation in the U.C. Community becomes public information.

Shire U.S. Inc., its affiliates or agents, or any other parties involved in the preparation or publication of this website are not liable to you for any damages or losses resulting or caused by the use of information on this website or through the use of and participation in the U.C. Community.