Biotech Strategy Blog (BSB) is a copyrighted trade publication published by Blue Ice Publishing LLC. Access to BSB Content requires the purchase of a Licence, unless BSB makes the Content available without charge.

For readability, these Terms sometimes refer to “BSB” when describing the website, publication, Premium Content, access, or user obligations. Blue Ice Publishing LLC is the publisher of BSB and the legal entity responsible for administering these Terms.

These Terms of Use & Privacy Policy exclusively apply to all access to and use of BSB. By accessing BSB, creating an account, purchasing access, using Premium Content, or submitting information to us, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use BSB or access BSB Content.

Each named user must comply with these Terms as a condition of their Licence to access BSB. Anyone purchasing a Licence for others is responsible for ensuring that all named users understand what they may and may not do with BSB Content.

Last updated: May 31, 2026

If you have questions about these Terms, Licence eligibility, permitted use, or our Privacy Policy, please contact us.

Before you buy or access BSB

Please read this section before buying or accessing BSB. It summarises some of the key points in this agreement.

  1. BSB access is licensed to named users only. Each named user must have their own login credentials. Login credentials cannot be shared.
  2. Business use requires an appropriate named-user business Licence. If BSB is used in a company or organisational context, BSB may require a Team, Group, Leadership, Enterprise, or other named-user business Licence, including where access is requested by or for a single senior, strategic, scientific, business development, investor relations, communications, or leadership user.
  3. A named-user Licence should cover the real group using BSB content and analysis in practice. This includes the people who access or read BSB, discuss BSB analysis, or use BSB to inform their work, analysis, recommendations, or decision-making in a business or organisational context.
  4. One named user may not act as an internal distributor, briefer, proxy reader, or source of BSB content, summaries, extracted key points, briefings, or BSB-derived analysis for unlicensed colleagues.
  5. Business Licences require named-user details and business email addresses. Business users must provide the name, title, company affiliation, work email address, and contact information for each proposed named user before access is activated or renewed. Please do not purchase business access using a Gmail, personal, or other non-business email address for company use.
  6. Business Licences are for employees of the subscribing company or an approved affiliate unless BSB agrees otherwise in writing. Access may not be given to external consultants, agencies, advisers, clients, contractors, or other third parties unless BSB has approved this in writing.
  7. BSB Content may not be shared or redistributed. BSB Content may not be copied, excerpted, forwarded, emailed, printed for others, uploaded to an intranet, shared drive, SharePoint, Slack, Teams, CRM, knowledge-management system, or similar platform, circulated to a distribution list, republished, or distributed internally or externally unless a Sharing Licence has been purchased or BSB has given express written permission.
  8. BSB Content may not be used for AI, scraping, data mining, or derivative works. No Licence permits use of BSB Content for AI training, machine learning, scraping, automated extraction, text mining, AI-generated summaries, AI-generated derivative works, or incorporation into internal or external data products, platforms, reports, models, or deliverables.
  9. Service providers must obtain approval before purchasing access. Agencies, consultancies, CI vendors, medical education companies, CROs, communications firms, PR firms, IR firms, consultants, advisers, and other service providers must obtain BSB approval before purchasing access. This will require details of the intended use and any proposed distribution of BSB content and analysis.
  10. Media, publisher, journalist and content-creator access is not permitted. BSB access may not be purchased by media organisations, publishers, journalists, freelance writers, or other content creators. BSB access may not be used to repurpose BSB analysis, identify story ideas, inform conference coverage, or inform competing coverage. BSB Content may not be used as source material for articles, reports, newsletters, client work, or other publications.
  11. BSB monitors access and usage. BSB monitors access to protect against account sharing, unauthorised access, unauthorised sharing, scraping, misuse, and attempts to disguise or circumvent Licence restrictions. This may include reviewing login patterns, IP address information, geolocation signals, device or browser information, network information, and other access or usage data.
  12. VPNs and network tools may affect access. If your organisation uses VPNs, network security tools, anonymising services, or other systems that may affect user identification or geolocation, please contact BSB before purchase. Access may be blocked, suspended, or terminated if BSB cannot reasonably verify access or if the access method creates a security, fraud, account-sharing, or Licence-compliance concern.
  13. BSB may decline access or require a different Licence. BSB may decline access at its sole discretion or require the purchase of the Licence type and number of named users that BSB determines, at its sole discretion, are required based on the size of the organisation and how BSB Content and analysis are or may be used. BSB expects business users to purchase a multi-user Licence, especially where the user is in senior management or a leadership position.
  14. BSB may suspend or terminate access for misuse or violations of these Terms. This includes inappropriate sharing of BSB Content, sharing login credentials, unauthorised use of BSB Content, attempts to evade access controls, scraping, AI-related misuse, or any other violation of Blue Ice Publishing LLC’s intellectual property rights.
  15. Refunds may be reduced where the wrong Licence is purchased, required approval was not obtained, or access is declined. If the wrong Licence is purchased, access is purchased without any required BSB approval, access is declined, or any refund is made, credit card processing fees and other non-refundable payment costs will not be refunded. If BSB Content was accessed before access was declined, suspended, terminated, or refunded, Blue Ice Publishing LLC may deduct a Content Access Fee for each post accessed.

Please see the Pricing Page for current pricing and available Licences. If you are unsure which Licence is appropriate, please contact us before buying.

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1. Licences and named users

BSB access is licensed on a named-user basis. Each named user must be approved by BSB and must have their own login credentials.

A Licence permits the approved named users to access and read the BSB Content included in that Licence during the Licence term. Access is personal to each named user and may not be shared, transferred, pooled, or used by anyone else.

A Licence does not provide company-wide, department-wide, site-wide, team-wide, client-wide, or shared access unless BSB expressly agrees in writing.

Business Licences

Business Licences are named-user Licences. The Licence should cover the real group using BSB content and analysis in practice. This includes the people who access or read BSB, discuss BSB analysis, or use BSB to inform their work, analysis, recommendations, or decision-making in a business or organisational context.

Business use by a team, group, leadership function, department, company, or cross-functional audience requires the Licence type and number of named users that BSB determines, at its sole discretion, are required.

One named user may not act as an informal internal distributor, briefer, proxy reader, or source of BSB content, summaries, extracted key points, briefings, or BSB-derived analysis for unlicensed colleagues.

Licence size

BSB may decline access at its sole discretion.

BSB may require the purchase of the Licence type and number of named users that BSB determines, at its sole discretion, are required based on the size of the organisation and how BSB Content and analysis are or may be used.

BSB expects business users to purchase a multi-user Licence, especially where the user is in senior management or a leadership position.

If a company or organisation previously held a multi-user Licence, BSB may decline any attempt to renew or replace that access with a smaller Licence or individual access unless BSB has approved the change in advance.

Individual access

BSB does not currently offer the opportunity to purchase individual academic or professional access through the BSB website. BSB reserves the right to change the subscription options available for automatic purchase at any time without notice.

BSB may, at its discretion, offer, renew, reinstate, or decline individual access for an approved named user. This may include legacy individual academic, non-profit, or professional subscribers in good standing, former subscribers returning after a break, or other limited cases BSB considers appropriate.

Individual access is limited to the approved named user’s own direct reading, professional judgement and individual use. It may not be shared, transferred, pooled, or used by anyone else.

Individual access does not provide company, team, departmental, leadership, strategic, or shared access. It may not be used as a substitute for a Team, Group, Leadership, Enterprise, or other named-user business Licence.

Individual access does not permit the subscriber to act as an internal distributor, briefer, proxy reader, analyst, or source of BSB Content, summaries, extracted key points, briefings, or BSB-derived analysis for colleagues, management, clients, committees, teams, or other third parties.

BSB may decline any individual renewal or require an appropriate business Licence where, in BSB’s judgment, the subscriber’s role, use, employer, intended benefit, or organisational context is more appropriately covered by a business Licence.

If more than one person in a company or organisation will read BSB, discuss BSB analysis, or use BSB to inform their work, analysis, recommendations, or decision-making, an appropriate Team, Group, Leadership, Enterprise, or other named-user business Licence will be required.

Employees and approved affiliates

Business Licences are for employees of the subscribing company or an approved affiliate unless BSB agrees otherwise in writing.

Access may not be given to external consultants, agencies, advisers, clients, contractors, vendors, service providers, or other third parties unless BSB has approved this in writing.

2. Service providers, media restrictions, and prior approval

Prior approval required for agency, consulting, and service-provider use

Prior written approval from BSB is required before purchase if access is being requested by, or on behalf of, an agency, consultancy, CI vendor, medical education company, CRO, communications firm, PR firm, IR firm, consultant, adviser, or other third-party, client-facing, or service-provider organisation. This will require details of the intended use and any proposed distribution of BSB content and analysis.

BSB Content may not be used for media monitoring, client reporting, agency deliverables, consulting projects, promotional activity, investor-relations materials, internal or external newsletters, briefings, or distribution to clients, colleagues, or third parties who are not named users, unless BSB has agreed the scope of use in writing.

Depending on the use case, BSB may require a broader company Licence, a specific permissions Licence, a Sharing Licence, a reprint Licence, or may decline access.

Courtesy copies

If a PR company, communications firm, agency, or other third party facilitates an interview, BSB may provide a courtesy copy of the related post to the appropriate company contact.

A courtesy copy may only be shared with the interviewee unless BSB agrees otherwise in writing. It does not grant any broader right to share, forward, republish, circulate, upload, excerpt, summarise, or distribute BSB Content internally or externally.

Media, publisher, journalist and content-creator access is not permitted

BSB access may not be purchased by media organisations, publishers, journalists, freelance writers, or other content creators. BSB access may not be used to repurpose BSB analysis, identify story ideas, inform conference coverage, or inform competing coverage. BSB Content may not be used as source material for articles, reports, newsletters, client work, or other publications.

3. Use of BSB Content

Subject to these Terms and payment of all applicable fees, BSB grants each approved named user a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the BSB Content included in their Licence during the applicable Licence term.

This right is limited to the use covered by the Licence. No ownership rights in BSB Content are transferred.

All BSB Content remains the copyrighted property of Blue Ice Publishing LLC or, where applicable, its licensors. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

4. Prohibited sharing, copying, and redistribution

Unless a Sharing Licence has been purchased or BSB has given express written permission, BSB Content may not be copied, excerpted, forwarded, emailed, printed for others, uploaded, circulated, republished, or distributed internally or externally by any means.

This applies even if the post is about your company, your products, your competitors, your portfolio, your area of work, or your field of interest.

Without written permission from BSB, you must not:

  • share login credentials;
  • forward posts or excerpts to non-subscribers;
  • circulate PDFs, printouts, screenshots, copied text, summaries, or excerpts;
  • upload BSB Content to an intranet, shared drive, SharePoint, Slack, Teams, CRM, knowledge-management system, document-management system, data room, AI tool, or similar internal or external platform;
  • use one subscription for a wider company, department, team, client, or group;
  • include BSB Content in internal presentations, external presentations, client deliverables, investor materials, competitive intelligence reports, media monitoring, newsletters, briefings, consulting work, agency work, promotional activity, or external distribution;
  • remove copyright notices, attribution, links, access controls, or other rights-management information;
  • make BSB Content and analysis available to anyone who is not an approved named user.

5. AI, scraping, data mining, and derivative works

No Licence permits use of BSB Content for artificial intelligence, machine learning, scraping, data mining, automated extraction, text mining, AI-generated summaries, AI-generated derivative works, or incorporation into internal or external data products, platforms, reports, models, or deliverables.

Without written permission from BSB, you must not:

  • scrape, crawl, harvest, mine, index, or systematically extract BSB Content or Site data;
  • use bots, scripts, browser automation, agents, plug-ins, extensions, or other automated tools to access BSB;
  • upload BSB Content into any AI tool, chatbot, large language model, research assistant, summarisation tool, search tool, or document-analysis system;
  • use BSB Content to train, fine-tune, develop, improve, test, evaluate, benchmark, operate, or validate any artificial intelligence or machine learning system;
  • generate summaries, analyses, text, images, tables, structured data, or other outputs based on, derived from, or modelled on BSB Content;
  • create a substitute database, research product, alerting product, intelligence product, content product, or derivative work based on BSB Content.

These restrictions apply whether the AI, automated system, or data tool is commercial, internal, experimental, open-source, proprietary, hosted, local, or provided by a third party.

6. Sharing Licences, reprints, and web posting

No Licence includes the right to share BSB Content with anyone who is not an approved named user unless a Sharing Licence has been purchased or BSB has given express written permission.

BSB may, at its discretion, offer a Sharing Licence that permits specified internal sharing of specified BSB Content for a defined period, scope, audience, and fee.

Where appropriate, BSB may prepare a licensed reprint of a specific BSB post for approved internal distribution to a defined company audience.

Any permission to share, circulate, post, republish, display, or otherwise make BSB Content available is limited to the scope, audience, duration, and use approved by BSB in writing.

Web posting and republication

Posting, republishing, displaying, or making BSB Content available on any website, intranet, media page, “in the news” page, investor page, corporate communications page, third-party platform, or other public or private online location requires BSB’s express written permission.

Any permitted posting must include the attribution, copyright notice, and link required by BSB. Permission is usually time-limited and must be renewed if use continues beyond the agreed term.

Unauthorised sharing, posting, republication, distribution, or reuse of BSB Content may result in takedown requests, retrospective licence fees, suspension or termination of access, refusal of future access, and any other remedies available to BSB.

7. Accounts, activation, credentials, and verification

Business users must provide the name, title, company affiliation, work email address, and contact information for each proposed named user before access is activated or renewed.

Where a business Licence is purchased, the purchasing company or organisation is responsible for providing any employee notice and obtaining any consent or authorisation required under applicable privacy, employment, or data protection laws before submitting named-user details to BSB.

Please do not purchase business access using a Gmail, personal, or other non-business email address for company use. Business user logins must be tied to the named user’s work email address unless BSB agrees otherwise.

Access will be activated only after payment has been received, the named users have been provided and approved, and BSB has confirmed that the Licence reflects the intended or actual use of BSB content and analysis.

BSB may decline any Licence purchase at its sole discretion.

BSB may decline or remove any proposed named user, or require the purchase of the Licence type and number of named users that BSB determines, at its sole discretion, are required based on the size of the organisation and how BSB content and analysis are or may be used.

Each BSB login is personal to the approved named user and may not be shared with anyone else.

You must provide accurate and complete information when creating an account, purchasing access, requesting a quote, submitting named users, or communicating with BSB.

You must not misrepresent your identity, employer, affiliation, role, intended use, eligibility for a discounted rate, or authority to purchase on behalf of an organisation.

BSB may require information to verify identity, employer, affiliation, role, Licence eligibility, payment authority, intended use, or compliance with these Terms. If requested information is not provided within a reasonable time, BSB may decline, suspend, or terminate access.

8. Payments, invoices, renewals, and taxes

Payment is required for Premium Content. Access will not be activated or renewed unless payment has been received through a payment method approved by Blue Ice Publishing LLC.

Licences are for the fixed term stated at checkout, on the applicable licence page, in an invoice, in a quote, or in a written confirmation from BSB. Licences do not automatically renew unless BSB expressly states otherwise.

Prices, Licence names, Licence features, access rights, and included Content may change from time to time. Renewal is at the then-current price and terms unless BSB agrees otherwise in writing.

Access to Premium Content may vary by Licence. Some Licences may include access to current posts only, selected categories of Content, selected archives, or the BSB back library.

Taxes

Blue Ice Publishing LLC, the publisher of BSB, does not collect or remit any sales, use, VAT, GST, digital services, transaction, or other local taxes that may be due in any US state or in any country where the purchaser is located, where users are located, or where BSB Premium Content is accessed or used, unless expressly stated otherwise.

The purchaser, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates where applicable, is responsible for determining, reporting, and paying any sales, use, VAT, GST, digital services, transaction, or other tax that applies to the purchase, access, or use of BSB Premium Content. This includes any state or local use tax that may be due where BSB Premium Content is accessed or used, even if Blue Ice Publishing LLC does not collect sales tax at the time of purchase.

Blue Ice Publishing LLC is not registered for VAT in the European Union and is not registered for Australian GST. It therefore cannot issue a VAT or GST tax invoice.

An accountant, tax adviser, or lawyer should be consulted for advice on any tax obligations that may apply.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Blue Ice Publishing LLC, BSB, and their representatives from any claim, assessment, tax, penalty, interest, fee, cost, or expense arising from your failure to determine, report, or remit applicable taxes.

9. Refunds, declined purchases, and Content Access Fees

Licence fees are non-refundable once paid, except where BSB decides otherwise or where required by applicable law.

No refund will be provided because BSB Content does not meet your needs, because you do not use your access, because you did not access BSB for part of the Licence term, or because you purchased the wrong Licence without contacting BSB first.

If the wrong Licence is purchased, access is purchased without any required BSB approval, access is declined, or any refund is made, credit card processing fees and other non-refundable payment costs will not be refunded.

BSB may decline, suspend, or terminate access if BSB determines that:

  • the wrong Licence was purchased;
  • BSB approval was required before purchase but was not obtained;
  • the purchaser or user is not eligible for the Licence purchased;
  • the proposed named users have not been approved;
  • the selected Licence does not reflect the intended or actual use of BSB Content and analysis;
  • verification was not provided;
  • payment was not properly received;
  • the account presents a security, fraud, sharing, scraping, or misuse risk;
  • BSB Content has been shared inappropriately;
  • login credentials have been shared;
  • BSB Content has been used without authorisation;
  • Blue Ice Publishing LLC’s intellectual property rights have been violated;
  • these Terms have been or may be violated.

Content Access Fee

If BSB Content was accessed before access was declined, suspended, terminated, or refunded, Blue Ice Publishing LLC may deduct a Content Access Fee for each post accessed.

The Content Access Fee is US$1,500 per post accessed, unless BSB has stated a different amount in writing.

If the Content Access Fee exceeds the amount paid, no refund is due.

If your access has previously been declined, refunded, suspended, or terminated, you must obtain BSB’s permission before purchasing again.

If your access was terminated for violation of these Terms, BSB may permanently refuse future access, including if you move to a new company or organisation.

10. Payment methods

Blue Ice Publishing LLC accepts payment only through payment methods it approves. These may include credit card payment through a payment processor and, for qualifying business Licences, ACH or wire transfer to Blue Ice Publishing LLC’s US company bank account.

Credit card payments

Credit card payments are processed by third-party payment processors, such as Stripe. Blue Ice Publishing LLC does not store full credit card details.

Where BSB offers, permits, or requires credit card payment for a Licence, renewal, quote, invoice, reprint, or other approved purchase, BSB may charge a credit card processing or convenience fee.

Any such fee may vary based on card type, card country, payment method, transaction size, or payment processor costs. The fee may be stated as a separate line item or included in the quoted, invoiced, renewal, or checkout price.

Charges may appear on credit card statements as “Blue Ice” or “Blue Ice Publishing.” If you do not recognise a charge or have a question, please contact BSB before initiating a dispute or chargeback.

If you initiate a chargeback without contacting BSB first, BSB may suspend access while the dispute is pending, decline renewal, refuse future purchases, and recover fees or costs as permitted by law.

Bank transfers

If Blue Ice Publishing LLC permits payment by ACH or wire transfer, payment must be made in US dollars unless Blue Ice Publishing LLC agrees otherwise in writing.

The payer is responsible for all bank fees, wire fees, intermediary bank fees, currency conversion costs, and other transfer costs. The amount received by Blue Ice Publishing LLC must equal the invoiced amount. Any shortfall remains due.

No checks

Blue Ice Publishing LLC does not accept payment by check. Mailing or delivering a check does not constitute payment of any invoice and does not create any right to access or renewal.

Any check received may be destroyed or returned at Blue Ice Publishing LLC’s discretion and will not be treated as valid payment. The sender is responsible for any stop-payment, cancellation, reissue, delay, loss, fraud, or other cost or risk associated with sending a check.

11. Procurement restrictions and no vendor relationship

The BSB Terms of Use & Privacy Policy exclusively apply to access to and use of BSB.

No supplier portals or procurement platforms

Blue Ice Publishing LLC does not register for, create accounts with, or accept payment conditioned on use of supplier portals, procurement platforms, vendor management systems, accounting platforms, ERP systems, third-party payment platforms, or similar systems.

If a purchaser cannot pay Blue Ice Publishing LLC directly without requiring use of such a system, Blue Ice Publishing LLC may offer credit card payment, withdraw the quote, cancel the invoice, or decline the business.

No purchase order, supplier terms, vendor terms, procurement terms, portal terms, platform terms, or similar external terms apply unless Blue Ice Publishing LLC expressly agrees in writing.

No third-party payment

The purchaser must be the payer. If an individual buys BSB access, that individual must pay. If a company buys BSB access, that company, or an approved affiliate or subsidiary, must pay.

An agency, consultant, procurement intermediary, publication-management company, or other third party may not purchase or pay for BSB access on behalf of a client or another company.

This restriction does not prevent an approved PR firm, communications firm, agency, or other authorised third party from paying for a specific single-post reprint licence on behalf of a company or client, provided BSB has approved the post, audience, duration, internal distribution scope, and permitted use in writing.

No telephone or voice-based verification

For security reasons, Blue Ice Publishing LLC does not verify banking information, payment instructions, company identity, or authorisations by telephone or any other voice-based method.

Blue Ice Publishing LLC does not provide payment authorisations by telephone. No telephone or voice-based verification of Blue Ice Publishing LLC banking or company information should be relied on.

If a purchaser requires verification, Blue Ice Publishing LLC may propose a reasonable non-voice method. Any cost associated with a required verification process is the responsibility of the requesting party.

No vendor or supplier relationship

Purchasing a Licence, paying an invoice, using a company credit card, paying from a company bank account, or receiving access to BSB does not create a vendor, supplier, independent contractor, consulting, advisory, or service-provider relationship with Blue Ice Publishing LLC or BSB.

12. Monitoring, fair use, security, and VPNs

BSB monitors access to protect against account sharing, unauthorised access, unauthorised sharing, scraping, misuse, and attempts to disguise or circumvent Licence restrictions.

This may include reviewing login patterns, IP address information, geolocation signals, device or browser information, network information, and other access or usage data.

If BSB determines that usage patterns indicate or create a risk of credential sharing, content sharing, scraping, automated access, systematic downloading, unusual access volume, access by non-named users, or other misuse, BSB may suspend, restrict, or terminate access without notice and without refund.

BSB may also require a different or larger Licence as a condition of continued access or renewal.

VPNs, anonymising services, and network tools

If your organisation uses VPNs, network security tools, anonymising services, or other systems that may affect user identification or geolocation, please contact BSB before purchase.

Access may be blocked, suspended, or terminated if BSB cannot reasonably verify access or if the access method creates a security, fraud, account-sharing, or Licence-compliance concern.

Purchasing access does not create a right to access BSB from any particular IP address, network, VPN, ISP, company system, country, or region.

13. Enforcement, termination, and remedies

BSB may decline access at its sole discretion.

BSB may require the purchase of the Licence type and number of named users that BSB determines, at its sole discretion, are required based on the size of the organisation and how BSB content and analysis are or may be used.

BSB may suspend, restrict, or terminate access for misuse or violations of these Terms, including inappropriate sharing of BSB Content, sharing login credentials, unauthorised use of BSB Content, attempts to evade access controls, scraping, AI-related misuse, or any other violation of Blue Ice Publishing LLC’s intellectual property rights.

BSB may also, in its discretion and without notice:

  • decline purchases or renewals;
  • require verification;
  • require a different or larger Licence;
  • block accounts, IP addresses, networks, domains, ISPs, VPNs, or countries/regions;
  • remove or disable accounts;
  • issue takedown requests;
  • seek retrospective licence fees;
  • pursue any other remedy available at law or equity.

Unauthorised copying, sharing, posting, scraping, AI use, data mining, or other misuse of BSB Content may cause irreparable harm. Blue Ice Publishing LLC may seek injunctive relief in addition to monetary and other remedies.

Termination of access does not limit any rights or remedies that accrued before termination.

14. No investment advice or compliance-reviewed research

BSB is a trade media publication. BSB Content is provided for general informational purposes only.

BSB Content is not investment advice, legal advice, medical advice, regulatory advice, tax advice, accounting advice, investment research, equity analysis, a securities recommendation, or a solicitation to buy or sell any security.

Blue Ice Publishing LLC is not an investment adviser, broker-dealer, securities research provider, medical adviser, or compliance adviser.

BSB does not maintain a compliance officer and does not review or approve BSB Content for compliance with securities laws, SEC rules, FINRA rules, investment adviser regulations, issuer policies, employer policies, trading restrictions, MNPI rules, confidentiality obligations, or any other compliance programme.

You are responsible for your own due diligence, compliance review, trading restrictions, employer policies, professional obligations, and use of BSB Content.

Authors, interviewees, speakers, quoted individuals, and third parties may have relationships with companies discussed on BSB and may hold, or have held, shares, options, consulting arrangements, advisory roles, employment relationships, investigator roles, or other interests. Conflicts of interest may be undisclosed. BSB does not undertake to collect, verify, or publish comprehensive conflict-of-interest disclosures.

15. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

BSB and all BSB Content are provided “as is” and “as available.”

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Blue Ice Publishing LLC and BSB disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, availability, and uninterrupted access.

BSB does not warrant that the Site will be error-free, secure, uninterrupted, current, complete, or free of harmful components.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Blue Ice Publishing LLC, BSB, authors, representatives, agents, service providers, and current or former publishers will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from use of, or inability to use, BSB or BSB Content.

This includes loss or damage arising from errors, omissions, delays, interruptions, reliance on BSB Content, account suspension, account termination, loss of access, security restrictions, or business decisions made in reliance on BSB Content.

16. Comments and user submissions

Comments are currently disabled for security reasons. If BSB enables comments or other submissions, this section applies.

By submitting a comment or other material to BSB, you represent that you have the rights needed to submit it and that it does not infringe the rights of others, impersonate another person, or contain unlawful, defamatory, obscene, misleading, threatening, or otherwise harmful material.

You grant Blue Ice Publishing LLC and BSB a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, modify, publish, translate, display, distribute, and incorporate your submission in connection with BSB and related activities.

BSB may moderate, refuse, edit, remove, or delete submissions at its discretion.

17. Privacy Policy

Blue Ice Publishing LLC, as publisher of BSB, collects and uses limited personal information to operate the Site, administer accounts, manage access, process purchases, communicate with users, monitor usage, protect BSB Content, and enforce these Terms.

Blue Ice Publishing LLC does not sell personal information. BSB does not seek to collect consumer health data, medical records, diagnosis information, treatment information, or other sensitive health information from users. BSB is a trade publication, not a healthcare provider, medical service, or patient-facing health service.

Information BSB may collect

BSB may collect information such as name, email address, company, affiliation, title, role, Licence details, purchase history, account status, communications with BSB, IP address, approximate location, login activity, access history, referral information, search terms, browser or device information, network information, and website usage data.

Business Licences and named-user information

For business Licences, the purchasing company or organisation is responsible for providing accurate named-user information and for ensuring that each named user is aware of these Terms and the permitted use of BSB Content.

The purchasing company or organisation is responsible for providing any employee notice and obtaining any consent or authorisation required under applicable privacy, employment, or data protection laws before submitting named-user details to BSB.

Individual and legacy individual users

Individuals, including legacy individual subscribers, must accept and comply with these Terms as a condition of purchase, renewal, activation, continued access, or use of BSB.

If an individual does not agree to these Terms or does not want BSB to use limited personal information for account administration, access management, security, Licence compliance, and related purposes, BSB may decline, suspend, or terminate access.

Payments and email communications

Payments may be processed by third-party payment processors, such as Stripe, or by bank transfer for qualifying purchases. Blue Ice Publishing LLC does not store full credit card details.

BSB may use an email service provider, such as AWeber, to send newsletters, post alerts, account-related notices, renewal reminders, and other communications. Email service providers may collect information such as name, email address, whether an email was opened, and whether links were clicked. You may unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter emails using the unsubscribe link or by contacting BSB.

Cookies, analytics, and security

BSB may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the Site, maintain login sessions, understand usage, support analytics, and protect against misuse. Where required by law, BSB will obtain consent through a cookie banner or similar tool.

BSB may use account, access, IP, location, device, browser, network, and usage information to detect and prevent fraud, credential sharing, scraping, unauthorised access, security incidents, Licence misuse, and violations of these Terms.

Privacy rights requests

Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or information about the personal information BSB holds about you. You may also have rights to object to or limit certain uses of personal information.

BSB will respond to privacy requests as required by applicable law and may require reasonable identity verification before responding. BSB may retain information where needed for accounting, tax, legal, security, audit, dispute-resolution, Licence compliance, or business-record purposes.

Privacy requests should be sent to Pieter Droppert at: pieter AT biotechstrategyblog DOT com.

International, California, Washington, and other regional privacy laws

Privacy laws vary by country, state, and region. If the GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, Washington My Health My Data Act, PIPL, or another privacy or data protection law applies to BSB’s processing of your personal information, BSB will handle privacy requests and required notices in accordance with applicable law.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to limit any non-waivable privacy rights you may have under applicable law.

China PIPL consent

If you are located in China or otherwise subject to China’s Personal Information Protection Law, accessing BSB or Premium Content means you consent to BSB’s collection and use of limited personal information necessary to administer access, manage accounts, process payment, communicate with you, and enforce these Terms.

If you withdraw consent, BSB may terminate access. Termination may be without refund where permitted by law.

Retention

When a Licence expires or access is terminated, BSB may remove login access. BSB may retain account, transaction, payment, tax, correspondence, usage, compliance, and business records for accounting, legal, security, audit, tax, dispute-resolution, Licence-compliance, and business-management purposes.

18. Changes to these Terms

BSB may update these Terms from time to time. Updated Terms are effective when posted unless a later date is stated.

Your continued use of BSB after updated Terms are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

BSB may maintain a change log for transparency, but failure to update the change log does not affect the validity of updated Terms.

19. Governing law and venue

Florida law governs these Terms and any dispute arising from or relating to BSB, these Terms, or Blue Ice Publishing LLC, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.

Except where prohibited by applicable law, the exclusive venue for any dispute arising from or relating to BSB, these Terms, or Blue Ice Publishing LLC is the state courts located in Escambia County, Florida.

Nothing in these Terms limits any non-waivable rights that apply under applicable law.

20. Contact and change log

Questions about these Terms, Privacy Policy, Licence eligibility, sharing rights, or permitted use should be sent through our contact page.

Change Log — Updates to Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

BSB provides this change log so users can identify material updates to these Terms.

  • May 25, 2026 — Rewrote Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for clarity; updated Licence language to reflect named-user business, team, group, leadership, enterprise, service-provider, sharing, AI, payment, privacy, tax, procurement, and enforcement policies.
  • May 30, 2026 — Clarified prior-approval requirements for agencies, consultancies, CI vendors, medical education companies, CROs, PR and communications firms, IR firms, and other service-provider organisations; clarified that the intended scope of use must be approved by BSB; clarified that media, publisher, journalist, freelance writer, and content-creator access is not permitted; and clarified the limited circumstances in which BSB may approve a specific single-post reprint licence for approved internal distribution.
  • May 31, 2026 — Clarified named-user business use language to align with BSB business subscription and licence pages; clarified that business Licences must cover the real group using BSB content and analysis in practice; clarified restrictions on internal distribution, proxy reading, and BSB-derived summaries or analysis for unlicensed colleagues; and clarified that individual access does not provide company, team, leadership, strategic, or shared access and may not be used as a substitute for an appropriate business Licence.