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The BioCompound is an AI-powered biotech research publication. It applies the three-sleeve compounding framework systematically and publicly.

Marcus is an AI-generated research analyst model, not a registered financial adviser.

Nothing published constitutes investment advice. The framework is provided for educational and entertainment purposes. It is not a record of transactions or a managed account.

Investments carry risk and may lose value. TheBioCompound.com is not responsible for loss of value; all investment decisions that you make are yours alone.

Before making any investment decision, you should understand the risks involved and take appropriate steps to manage them. Always review multiple sources of information before investing, and do not rely solely on my articles, as they may contain errors or omissions.

The BioCompound does not give individualized financial advice. If you require such advice. Readers should make their own decisions and consult qualified advisers where appropriate

Terms of Service

Welcome to thebiocompound.com (the “Site”), a website owned and operated by The BioCompound, a registered fictitious business name of a California limited liability company (“The BioCompound”). The BioCompound provides ,impersonal biotech equity research and a paid subscription research product (BioSleeve) for educational purposes only (the “Services”). Our mission is to document one analytical framework applied to one model portfolio of biotech equities, on the public record.

By using the Site or the Services in any way, you are agreeing to comply with and to be bound by these Terms of Service, INCLUDING THE BINDING ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER PROVIDED HEREIN, and all rules, policies and disclaimers posted on the Site or about which you are notified (collectively, “Terms”). Please review these Terms carefully before continuing further with the Site or using the Services. By using the Site and the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with all of the Terms, do not use the Site or the Services. The terms “you,” “your,” and “yours” refer to you, the user of the Site. The terms “The BioCompound,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to The BioCompound and its representatives, officers, and agents.

Who These Terms Apply To

These Terms apply to three categories of users:

  • Public Visitors — anyone who accesses the Site, watches our YouTube videos, or reads our free written content without providing an email address. The General Terms and universal legal provisions below bind every Public Visitor.
  • VRTX List Contacts — anyone who provides an email address to receive the VRTX demonstration deep dive, the Full Framework methodology document, and low-frequency research announcements.
  • Standalone Buyers — anyone who purchases a one-time standalone deep dive through Lemon Squeezy or a similar one-time electronic purchase.
  • Paid Subscribers — anyone who purchases Sequential Access or Full Library Access through the Site subscription plans.

All users are bound by the universal legal provisions at the end of these Terms (arbitration, governing law, disclaimers, limitation of liability).

PART 1 — GENERAL TERMS (ALL USERS)

Changes to the Terms
We may periodically make changes to these Terms, in our sole and absolute discretion. When we do, we will update the “Date of Last Revision” date hereunder. It is your responsibility to review the most recent version of these Terms and remain informed of any changes. You agree that your continued use of the Site after the effective date of any changes will constitute your acceptance of the changed Terms for your continued use.

Access to the Site; Account Registration
We do not provide you with equipment to access the Site. You are responsible for all fees charged by third parties to access the Site or use the Services (e.g., charges by internet service providers).

If any of the Services requires you to hold an account on the Site, you must complete the registration process by providing us with current, complete, and accurate information (typically your email address and, for paid subscriptions, a password). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for all activity under your account. You agree to notify us promptly of any unauthorised use. You may not use anyone else’s account, and you may not share your BioSleeve subscriber access with persons other than yourself.

Eligible Users
The Site and the Services are designed for and directed exclusively to adult investors. You must be at least 18 years of age to access the Site, subscribe to the free newsletter, or purchase a BioSleeve subscription. By using the Site or the Services in any way, you represent and warrant that (i) you are at least 18 years old, (ii) you have the legal capacity and authority to agree to these Terms, and (iii) you are accessing the Services in a personal, non-fiduciary capacity for your own research and educational use. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18; if we learn that we have, we will delete it promptly. The Services are not intended for, and may not be used by, any person who is prohibited from receiving them under the laws of their jurisdiction.

No Investment, Tax, or Legal Advice
The Services are an independent biotech research publication. All content on the Site, in our videos, in our emails, and in BioSleeve subscriber materials is impersonal research delivered identically to all subscribers within the same tier. The BioCompound is not a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, financial planner, or any other regulated financial institution, and we do not provide personalised investment, tax, or legal advice.

Nothing in the Services is a recommendation, solicitation, or offer to buy, sell, or hold any security, and nothing in the Services constitutes investment advice tailored to your individual circumstances. The BioCompound model portfolio is a hypothetical research construct. It does not represent the returns of any subscriber, any investor, any managed account, or any fund. Past framework decisions are not indicative of future results. Weight categories used in our framework (Core, Standard, Light, Watch) are qualitative analytical signals — they are not position-sizing instructions for your portfolio.

You should always make your own investment decisions and consult a qualified, licensed financial adviser, tax adviser, and attorney before taking any action based on any content in the Services. You assume sole responsibility for any decisions you make in reliance on the Services. We rely on the publisher exclusion under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (and analogous state-law exclusions for bona fide financial publications) on the basis that the Services are of general and regular circulation, are not tailored to individual subscriber circumstances, and are not compensated based on specific securities transactions.

AI-Generated Research Persona
All video content on the Services is presented by Marcus, an AI-generated research analyst built around The BioCompound investment framework. Marcus is not a human analyst, is not a registered financial adviser, and does not hold any professional credentials. The voice and visual presentation are produced using AI avatar and synthetic voice technology, disclosed in each video and labelled as “altered or synthetic content” on YouTube. By using the Services you acknowledge that you understand the content is produced by an AI-generated model applying a documented framework, and that no human-analyst or advisory relationship is created with you.

Forward-Looking Statements and Positions Held
The Services may contain forward-looking statements about biotech companies, clinical trial outcomes, regulatory decisions, market behaviour, and the framework’s model portfolio. Such statements reflect the analytical output of the framework as of the date published and are subject to change without notice. Actual outcomes may differ materially. The BioCompound, its operator, and any persons associated with the production of the Services may from time to time hold positions in the securities discussed; the model portfolio is published on the public scorecard at thebiocompound.com and represents the framework’s analytical record, not personal trading activity.

Termination of Access
We reserve the right in our sole and absolute discretion to restrict or terminate your or any other party’s access to the Site for any lawful reason, at any time, with or without notice. In the event of such termination, none of our rights or your obligations provided hereunder shall be waived, nor shall such termination waive our right to relief of any kind to which we may be entitled at law or in equity.

Changes to the Site
We reserve the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, all or a part of the Site without notice. We will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Site.

Limited License
Subject to these Terms, The BioCompound grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Site solely for your personal, non-commercial research and educational use. No other use of the Site is authorized.

Restrictions
You must comply with all applicable laws when using the Site. Except as may be expressly permitted by applicable law or expressly permitted by us in writing, you will not, and will not permit anyone else to: (a) store, copy, modify, distribute, or resell any information or material available on the Site (“Site Content”) or compile or collect any Site Content as part of a database or other work, including without limitation any content, scorecard data, or BioSleeve subscriber materials; (b) use any automated tool (e.g., robots, spiders, scrapers, or AI training data collectors) to use the Site or store, copy, modify, distribute, or resell any Site Content, including any use of Site Content to train or fine-tune any machine learning or artificial intelligence model; (c) rent, lease, sublicense , or share your access to the Site, including without limitation sharing BioSleeve subscriber credentials or content with any person other than yourself; (d) use the Site or Site Content for any purpose except for your own personal research and educational use; (e) circumvent or disable any digital rights management, usage rules, or other security features of the Site, including any paywall or subscriber-only content gate; (f) reproduce, modify, translate, enhance, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or create derivative works of the Site or Site Content; (g) use the Site in a manner that threatens the integrity, performance, or availability of the Site; or (h) remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notices (including copyright notices) on any portion of the Site or Site Content.

Ownership
We, our licensors, or applicable third parties, retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Site and Site Content and any trademarks, logos, or service marks displayed on the Site or in Site Content (“Marks”). The Site, Site Content, and Marks are protected by applicable intellectual property laws and international treaties. You are not permitted to use any Marks without the prior written consent of The BioCompound or such third party which may own the Mark.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, you hereby grant to The BioCompound a fully paid, royalty-free, worldwide, nonexclusive license to use any non-anonymized data you provide to us for the sole purpose of providing the Services. For the avoidance of doubt, The BioCompound shall only collect, store, use, and disclose personal information for the purposes set out in our Privacy Policy and the purpose of providing the Services.

You further hereby agree that The BioCompound may aggregate or create anonymized data or content by removing any personally identifiable information from data and content you provide when using the Services (“Anonymous Data”), and that such Anonymous Data shall be owned by The BioCompound. You further agree that The BioCompound shall have the right to use, store, analyze, and disclose such Anonymous Data at any point in time after the termination of your use or access of the Services, including without limitation for:

·       Internal statistical and trend analyses;

·       Improving the development, use, and access of the Services;

·       Creating and distributing data, reports, and other materials related to the use of the Services; and

·       Developing, creating, and improving research methodology, analytical tools, and content available through the Services.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Ownership section grants The BioCompound the right to associate any Anonymous Data, or content or data created or derived therefrom, with you without your permission.

Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy (available at https://thebiocompound.com/privacy) is hereby incorporated into these Terms by reference. Please read the Privacy Policy carefully for information relating to our collection, use, storage and disclosure of personal information, including other information about you that we collect through the Site.

Links and Third-Party Content
The Site may contain links to or reference third party products, services, and websites (collectively, “Third-Party Products”). By way of example only, we may link to a company’s investor relations page, an FDA filing, a clinical trial registry entry, or a third-party news article. While we do our best to select third parties that maintain credible information sources, we exercise no control over any Third-Party Products, and we are not responsible for their performance, do not endorse them, and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, or other materials available through such Third-Party Products. We do not currently run paid advertising or affiliate commerce on the Site, and we are not compensated by any third party for any link, mention, or reference. If this changes, we will disclose it in accordance with applicable law.

We are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused to you by your use of or reliance on any goods or services, or information related thereto, available from or purchased through Third-Party Products. Additionally, if you follow a link or otherwise navigate away from the Site, please be aware that these Terms, including the Privacy Policy, will no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any third-party websites to which you navigate after leaving the Site.

Feedback
The BioCompound may provide you with a mechanism to provide feedback, suggestions, and ideas about the Site or us (“Feedback”). You agree that we may, in our sole discretion, use the Feedback you provide in any way, including in future modifications to the Site, our products, or services. You hereby grant us a perpetual, worldwide, fully transferable, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, and display the Feedback in any manner for any purpose.

Copyright Complaints (DMCA)
If you believe that any content on the Site infringes your copyright, please send a written notice to legal@thebiocompound.com that includes: (i) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorised agent; (ii) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (iii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and where it is located on the Site; (iv) your contact information; (v) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (vi) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner’s behalf. We will respond to valid notices in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

PART 2 — FREE VRTX DEMONSTRATION TERMS (APPLIES IF YOU REQUESTED THE VRTX DEMONSTRATION VIA EMAIL)

VRTX Email Capture Terms
By providing your email address to request the VRTX demonstration deep dive, you agree to receive the VRTX Demonstration, the Full Framework methodology document, and low-frequency research announcements. This list is managed through Zoho Campaigns and is not a Ghost membership tier.

You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting support@thebiocompound.com.

No Personalisation
The VRTX Demonstration document is delivered identically to all users who requested it via email. We do not tailor any content to your individual circumstances, financial situation, risk tolerance, or holdings. Anything that appears to address you personally (for example, an email greeting using your first name) is the result of automated mail-merge formatting only and does not reflect any personalised advice or recommendation.

Standalone Deep Dive Terms
Standalone deep dives are one-time digital purchases sold through Lemon Squeezy or other similar one digital purchase platforms. Each standalone purchase delivers the one deep dive PDF for the selected publicly released company and the Full Framework methodology document.

Standalone purchases do not include a paid subscription, monthly memos, access to other company deep dives, or any unreleased company names.

Standalone purchases are final once the digital content is delivered, except where a refund is required by applicable law or where a technical or billing error occurred.

PART 3 — BIOSLEEVE SUBSCRIPTION TERMS (APPLIES IF YOU PURCHASE A PAID SUBSCRIPTION PLAN)

What BioSleeve Is
BioSleeve is our paid subscription research product. BioSleeve Subscribers receive: (a) access to the full model portfolio including positions not yet covered in public videos, with model allocation percentages; (b) the Watch List with monitoring conditions; (c) extended written thesis notes; (d) sleeve reassessment notes when a position changes; (e) portfolio update notifications when the model changes; and (f) a monthly portfolio memo. The current product specification is described at thebiocompound.com and may be updated by us from time to time.

The BioCompound offers two BioSleeve paid annual subscription tiers:

- Sequential Access — $249/year

- Full Library Access — $448/year

Both tiers are annual subscriptions processed through Site. Auto-renew is on by default unless disabled by the subscriber.

Sequential Access includes the full deep dive for each company as that company enters the public catalogue, plus monthly research memos and follow-up analysis scoped to publicly released names.

Full Library Access includes immediate access to the current 12-company BioSleeve library, including names not yet publicly released, plus monthly research memos and follow-up analysis across all model names.

Paid subscriptions are non-refundable except as required by applicable law or where a billing or technical error occurred. Subscribers may cancel renewal at any time through Ghost Portal or by contacting support@thebiocompound.com. Cancellation stops future billing but does not provide a refund for the current paid term.

When a paid subscription expires or is cancelled, access to paid content ends at the conclusion of the paid period. Archived paid content remains available only during an active subscription.

No Personalization
All public, standalone, Sequential Access, and Full Library Access content is impersonal research delivered identically to users within the same access surface. The BioCompound does not tailor research to any subscriber's financial situation, holdings, risk tolerance, tax position, or investment objectives..

Automatic Renewal Disclosure
YOUR BIOSLEEVE SUBSCRIPTION AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS. By starting a BioSleeve subscription (or by allowing a free trial to convert), you authorise The BioCompound and its payment processor (Stripe) to charge your payment method on a recurring basis at the then-current subscription fee, plus any applicable taxes, at the end of each billing cycle (each month for a monthly plan, each year for an annual plan), until you cancel. You may cancel at any time as described below. This disclosure is provided in compliance with the California Automatic Renewal Law (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17600 et seq.) and similar laws in other U.S. states.

How to Cancel
You may cancel your BioSleeve subscription at any time by: (i) using the self-service cancellation option in your subscriber account on the Site, or (ii) emailing support@thebiocompound.com from the email address associated with your subscription. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your then-current billing cycle, so you will continue to have access until the end of the period you have already paid for. No partial refunds are issued for the unused portion of a billing cycle, except as required by applicable law (see Refunds below).

Refunds
All BioSleeve subscription fees are non-refundable except as expressly stated here or as required by applicable law. If you are a resident of California and you cancel within 3 business days after starting a paid subscription (the “initial cancellation period”), we will refund the fee paid for that initial period upon request. If you are a consumer resident in the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland, see the EU/UK Consumer Rights section below. If you believe you have been charged in error, contact us at support@thebiocompound.com and we will investigate in good faith.

Access on Cancellation or Non-Payment
Upon cancellation, your access to BioSleeve content (including the full portfolio, Watch List monitoring conditions, monthly memo archive, and portfolio update notifications) ends at the conclusion of your paid period. We do not provide ongoing access to archived BioSleeve content after a subscription ends. If a payment fails and is not cured within a reasonable period, we may suspend or terminate your subscription. You remain bound by the General Terms even after your BioSleeve subscription ends.

Discontinuation of BioSleeve
We may discontinue BioSleeve as a product at any time. If we permanently discontinue BioSleeve, we will provide reasonable advance notice to active subscribers and refund the pro-rata unused portion of any prepaid subscription fee.

EU/UK Consumer Rights
If you are a consumer resident in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you have a statutory right to withdraw from a distance contract for digital services within 14 days of the contract being concluded, without giving any reason. However, by purchasing BioSleeve and requesting immediate access to subscriber content, you expressly request that we begin supplying the digital content during the withdrawal period and acknowledge that you will lose your right of withdrawal once supply has begun. Where the withdrawal right still applies, you may exercise it by sending a clear statement to support@thebiocompound.com.

No Personalisation — BioSleeve
BioSleeve content is delivered identically to all paid subscribers within the same plan. We do not, and will not, tailor any portion of the BioSleeve research, model portfolio, monthly memo, or portfolio updates to your individual financial situation, holdings, risk tolerance, tax position, or investment objectives. If you contact us with a question, our response (if any) will be limited to clarifying published content and will not constitute personalised advice. Any individualised investment, tax, or legal advice you require must be obtained from a licensed professional engaged by you separately.

PART 4 — UNIVERSAL LEGAL PROVISIONS (ALL USERS)

Disclaimer of Warranties

YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND SITE CONTENT, INCLUDING YOUR SUBMISSION OF FEEDBACK, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SITE AND SITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. THE BIOCOMPOUND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE PRACTICE. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF THE SITE OR SITE CONTENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT, FRAMEWORK OUTPUT, MODEL PORTFOLIO ENTRY, OR WATCH LIST CONDITION, AND YOU RELY ON THE SITE AND SITE CONTENT AT YOUR OWN RISK. ANY MATERIAL YOU RECEIVE THROUGH THE SITE IS OBTAINED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY MATERIAL THROUGH THE SITE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE BIOCOMPOUND OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS. SOME STATES MAY PROHIBIT A DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

Limitation of Liability

THE BIOCOMPOUND WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, INVESTMENT LOSSES, TRADING LOSSES, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE BIOCOMPOUND HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND SITE CONTENT OR ANY DECISION YOU MAKE IN RELIANCE ON THE SERVICES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE BIOCOMPOUND’S TOTAL LIABILITY OF ALL KINDS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SITE CONTENT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTY CLAIMS), REGARDLESS OF THE FORUM AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY ACTION OR CLAIM IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) $100 OR (B) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID TO THE BIOCOMPOUND IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, IN WHICH CASE THE BIOCOMPOUND’S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Indemnity

You will indemnify and hold The BioCompound, and its officers, agents, and representatives, harmless from any costs, damages, expenses, and liability caused by your use of the Site or Site Content, your submission of Feedback, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any rights of a third party through use of the Site or Site Content.

ARBITRATION; CLASS ACTION WAIVER

IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE RESOLUTION AND LIMIT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY DISPUTE, YOU AGREE TO BINDING ARBITRATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BELOW.

PLEASE READ THE BELOW PARAGRAPHS CAREFULLY, AS THEY ALSO CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OR A RIGHT TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION SUIT.

Notice
In the event that a dispute or claim of any kind arises under these Terms or related to the Services, the Site, or Site Content, the party raising such disputes or claims must first send to the other party a written Notice of Dispute (“Notice”) describing the nature and basis of the claim or dispute, and the requested relief. A Notice to The BioCompound should be sent to:

The BioCompound, legal@thebiocompound.com

After the Notice is received, you and The BioCompound agree to use your best efforts to resolve the claim or dispute informally. If you and The BioCompound do not resolve the claim or dispute within thirty (30) days after the Notice is received, either party may begin a binding arbitration proceeding pursuant to the Arbitration clause provided below. The amount of any settlement offer made by any party may not be disclosed to the arbitrator until after the arbitrator has determined the amount of the award, if any, to which either party is entitled.

Arbitration
If you do not reach a resolution of such claims or disputes with The BioCompound through the informal process described above, you understand and agree that, due to the cost and length of protracted disputes, a streamlined arbitration process is agreeable and desirable to achieve an efficient resolution. As such, you agree that such claims or disputes shall be submitted to binding arbitration under the then current JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures (the “Rules”) by a single arbitrator mutually agreed upon by you and The BioCompound. If the parties cannot agree upon an arbitrator within thirty (30) days after names of potential arbitrators have been proposed, then one arbitrator having reasonable experience in commercial disputes who is chosen by JAMS under the Rules shall preside as the arbitrator to such disputes or claims brought hereunder. The arbitration shall take place in Ventura County, California, and judgment upon any award rendered in such arbitration will be binding and may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

Class Action Waiver
Neither you nor The BioCompound shall be entitled to join or consolidate claims in arbitration by or against other individuals or entities, or arbitrate any claim as a representative member of a class or in a private attorney general capacity.  THIS MEANS THAT YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO INITIATE OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS OR CONSOLIDATED ACTION WHATSOEVER.  Accordingly, you and The BioCompound agree that any JAMS Class Action Procedures do not apply to any claims or disputes brought by either party to arbitration. A court may sever any portion of this arbitration provision if it finds such unenforceable. Notwithstanding the obligation to arbitrate all claims or disputes under these Terms, you may assert an individual claim in small claims court in lieu of arbitration.

Injunctive Relief
Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may seek emergency equitable relief before a state or federal court in order to maintain the status quo pending arbitration. A request for interim measures shall not be deemed a waiver of any other rights or obligations under these Terms.

Claims Not Subject to Arbitration
Notwithstanding the foregoing, claims of defamation, violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and infringement or misappropriation of the other party’s patent, copyright, trademark, or trade secrets shall not be required to be submitted to binding arbitration pursuant to these Terms.

Legal Fees and Costs
If any lawsuit, claim, dispute, arbitration, or legal proceeding of any kind (“Claim”) is brought by either you or us, each party shall be responsible for their own attorneys’ fees, and the parties agree to share any costs associated with arbitration equally, unless the arbitrator, judge, or other official presiding over such Claims determines that the substance of the Claim or the relief sought was frivolous or was brought for an improper purpose, in which case the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement of its reasonable and actual attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection with defending against such Claims.

Legal Notices
These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard to principles of conflicts of law. You submit to the jurisdiction of the federal or state courts of or located in Ventura County, California, with respect to any action or proceeding arising out of or in any way related to these Terms, and you hereby waive any venue or other objection which you may have to any such action or proceeding being brought in the federal or state courts of Ventura County, California. No failure or delay by us in exercising any right under these Terms will constitute a waiver of that right. If any portion of these Terms is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such portion will be deemed to be of no force or effect, and these Terms will be construed as if such portion had not been included. The headings used in these Terms are for convenience of reference only and do not affect the meaning or construction of these Terms.

Contacting The BioCompound
If you have any questions or concerns about the Site or these Terms, please contact us at the appropriate address: general questions — hello@thebiocompound.com; privacy and data requests — privacy@thebiocompound.com; legal notices — legal@thebiocompound.com; subscription support — support@thebiocompound.com.

Date of Last Revision: May 24, 2026