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The ground rules for this site: what our published data does and doesn't claim, what you can do with our content, and why anything you send us before a signed agreement isn't confidential.

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Acceptance of these terms

These Terms of Use govern your access to novarna.ai, operated by CircNova, Inc., doing business as Novarna (“Novarna,” “we,” “us”). By using the site you agree to them. If you don’t, please don’t use the site. If you use the site on behalf of an organization, you confirm you have authority to accept these terms for that organization.

What this site is for

This site describes who we are, how our RNA design platform works, and what we are building. It is published for general information. Nothing on it is professional, medical, scientific, or investment advice, and nothing on it creates a partnership, collaboration, or other business relationship between us. Those begin with a signed agreement, not a page view.

Investigational programs — no medical claims

Every program and candidate described on this site is investigational. None has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or any other regulatory authority for any use, and none is available for purchase, prescription, or patient treatment.

Descriptions of candidate performance are not claims of safety or efficacy in humans. Nothing here is a recommendation to use any product or to pursue any course of treatment. If you have a medical question, talk to a qualified healthcare professional.

Scientific data and results

Data shown on this site — including case studies, charts, benchmarks, and platform performance figures — comes from specific preclinical experiments and computational evaluations run under defined conditions. Results from one target, assay, or model system do not necessarily generalize to others. Figures may be summarized or simplified for presentation. Where you need the underlying methods and full dataset for evaluation or diligence, ask us and we will share what we can under an appropriate agreement.

Forward-looking statements

This site contains forward-looking statements — about our platform, pipeline, timelines, partnerships, and expectations for the business. They reflect our current beliefs and are subject to risks and uncertainties inherent in drug discovery and development, including preclinical and clinical results, regulatory decisions, intellectual property, competition, and funding. Actual outcomes may differ materially. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, and you should not rely on one as a prediction.

Not an offer of securities

Nothing on this site is an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security, and nothing here should be relied upon in connection with any investment decision. Investor materials are provided only to qualified parties, directly, under separate agreement.

What you send us is not confidential

We invite you to tell us about your target and your program — but information you send through this site or by unsolicited email is not confidential and creates no confidentiality obligation on our part. Sending it does not put a confidentiality agreement in place.

So: send us enough to start the conversation, not your unpublished sequences, structures, or datasets. When the discussion needs to go deeper, say so, and we will execute a confidentiality agreement before you disclose anything sensitive. From that point the agreement governs, not this section.

If you send us unsolicited ideas, suggestions, or feedback about our platform or this site, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license to use them without obligation or compensation to you.

Our content and trademarks

The content of this site — text, graphics, figures, illustrations, photographs, video, and its design and code — is owned by Novarna or our licensors and is protected by copyright and other laws. You may view it, and quote or cite it for news reporting, scientific discussion, commentary, and similar purposes with attribution to Novarna. Any other reproduction, republication, or commercial use needs our written permission.

Novarna, NovaEngine, NovaLab, NovaNexus, NovaGen, NovaFold, CircNova, and our logos are trademarks of CircNova, Inc. d/b/a Novarna. These terms grant you no license to use them. Third-party names and marks appearing on this site belong to their respective owners, and their appearance does not imply endorsement in either direction unless we say so explicitly.

Acceptable use

You agree not to:

  • Probe, scan, or test the security of the site, or interfere with its operation, or attempt to access any system or data you are not authorized to access.
  • Use scrapers, crawlers, or other automated means to harvest the site’s content in bulk, including for the purpose of training machine-learning models, without our written permission. Ordinary search-engine indexing is welcome.
  • Submit false or misleading information, impersonate anyone, or use the contact form to send spam or malicious content.
  • Use the site in violation of any applicable law or regulation.

Third-party links and embeds

This site links to and embeds material hosted elsewhere — publications, professional profiles, and video among them. We don’t control those services and aren’t responsible for their content, accuracy, or practices. Following a link means their terms and privacy policies apply, not ours.

Disclaimer of warranties

The site and everything on it are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, or accuracy. We work to keep the site correct and current, but we do not warrant that it is free of errors or omissions, that it will be uninterrupted, or that any content remains up to date after publication. Some jurisdictions don’t allow the exclusion of implied warranties, in which case these exclusions apply to the fullest extent permitted.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Novarna and its officers, directors, employees, and agents will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or business opportunity, arising out of or relating to your use of this site or your reliance on its content — whether based in contract, tort, or any other theory, and even if we have been advised of the possibility. Our total liability for all claims relating to the site will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100). Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Novarna harmless from claims, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your misuse of this site, your violation of these terms, or your violation of the rights of any third party.

Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these terms or this site will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Massachusetts, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. You may access this site from other locations, but you are responsible for compliance with local law where you are.

Changes and severability

We may update these terms; the “last updated” date at the top shows when we last did, and continued use of the site after a change means you accept the revised terms. If any provision is held unenforceable, the rest remains in force. Our not enforcing a provision is not a waiver of it.

Contact us

Questions about these terms, or requests for permission to use our content, go to legal@novarna.ai. For how we handle personal information, see our Privacy Policy.

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