definiens: means any confide ntial or proprietary information disclosed or other wise made available by or on behalf of the disclosing pa rty to the receiving party for the purposes of the Collaboration, whether in oral, visual, written ele ctronic, or any other form . Information to which th e receiving party gains access during visits to the facilities of the disclosing party or its Affiliates shall als o be deemed Confidential Information . For the avoidance of doub t, Confidential Information may include, but is not limited to : ( a ) data, know - how, formulas, compositions, pro cesses, documents, designs, sketches, photographs, plans, graphs, drawings or specifications ; ( b ) chemical st ructures, amino / nucleic acid sequences, structural biology, or descriptions of any devices, cell lines or molecula r models ; ( c ) clinical trial protocols, assays, ser vices, studies, results, findings, inventions, ideas and other know ledge ; or ( d ) finances, financial models, business plans and marketing plans, reports, customer lists or pricing information . To the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, Confidential Information also includes the existenc e, terms and purpose contemplated by this Agreement, the terms of any other agreements being discussed by th e parties related to the Collaboration, as well as the fact that any such discussions are taking place with respect thereto . Confidential Information does not include information that : ( v ) is at the time of disclosure in the publi c domain ; ( w ) comes into the public domain through no fault of the receiving Party ; ( x ) was at the time of disclos ure known to the receiving Party prior to its discl osure by the disclosing Party ; as evidenced by contemporaneous w ritten documentation ; ( y ) is disclosed to the recei ving Party by a third party who has a right to disclose and wh o is not under an obligation of nondisclosure ; or ( z ) is independently developed by the receiving Party with out reference to or use of the Confidential Informa tion, as evidenced by contemporaneous written records