definiens: Confidential Information " means all information transmitted by a party hereto or obtained by a party here.to in connection witll tlle performance of the clinical trials and other services described in Section 3 hereof or of any such other services to be provided by the parties as described herein, subject to the exceptions specified below . means information of any type, not generally known, about the business, processes, services, products, suppliers, customers ', clients or plans of GAMBLE or VRI ( ) of any client of .the parties hereto ( regardless of whether the parties hereto have executed a confidentiality agreement with such customer ), which is used or useful in the conduct of business or the parties hereto, or which confers or tends to confer a competi ti ve advantage over one who ' does not possess such information . Su.ch .j.nformation includes, but is not limited to, information relating to trade secrets, Technical Information, patent applications, .know - how, research, development, design, engineering, quality control .or service techniques~ information about eXisting, ' new or envisioned products, processes or services and their development, performance, scientific, engineering or technical information, laboratory notebooks, notes, computer programs, source codes, object codes, software manuals, sketches, drawings, reports, formulae, gels, slides, sequences, biological materials living or otherwise, photographs, negatives, prototypes, models, correspondence, and other documents and things, and information relating to purchasing, sales, marketing, licensing, contracts with third parties, and pricing, whether 9r not in writing and whether or not labeled or identified as confidential or proprietary . Confidential Information may be disclosed in writing or orally qr may be obtained by observation or inspection . All data, materials, information, and records developed by a party hereto in the course of performing this AGREEMENT shall be considered ' Confidential Information . However, Confidential Information shall not include information that a party hereto can demonstrate : ( i ) is in or enters the public domain through no fault of such party ; ( ii ) is disclosed to a party hereto by a third party entitled to disclose it ; ( iii ) was known to a party hereto before the date of this AGREEMENT ; OR ( iv ) is required by law to be disclosed, provided reasonable advance notice of such requirement is given to a party hereto before such disclosure