definiens: shall mean any information, including without limitation, anykind of business, commercial or technical information and data disclosed between theParties and that information received by one Party from an Affiliate of the other Party inconnection with this Agreement, irrespective of the medium in which such information isembedded and all other information which due to its character and nature, a reasonableperson under like circumstances would treat as confidential . Confidential Informationshall include any copies or abstracts made thereof as well as any apparatus, modules, samples, prototypes or parts thereof.1.16 shall mean ARES services that may or may not build onQIAGEN ’s General BioIT Offering, including but not limited to any type of pharma5 Certain identified information has been excluded from this exhibit because it is both ( i ) notmaterial and ( ii ) would likely cause competitive harm if publicly disclosed . [ * * * ] indicates thatinformation has been redacted