Medical, Wellness & Scientific Disclaimer

DRAFT — pending legal review. Not legal advice.

This Medical, Wellness & Scientific Disclaimer (the "Disclaimer") explains the nature, purpose and limits of the reports, scores and educational content ("VAMS Reports" or "Reports") provided by VAMS BioInnovation Private Limited ("VAMS", "we", "us" or "our") through this website and related services. By accessing this website or using a VAMS Report, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accepted this Disclaimer. If you do not agree, please do not rely on the Reports.

Please read this Disclaimer carefully. It should be read together with our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

1. Educational and Wellness Purpose Only

VAMS Reports are provided strictly for general educational, informational and wellness purposes. They are designed to help you learn about your microbiome and explore lifestyle and wellness topics that interest you.

VAMS Reports are NOT:

a medical diagnosis, or any form of diagnostic service;

a medical screening test or a test intended to detect, confirm or rule out any disease, disorder or condition;

a treatment, therapy, cure, or a means of preventing any disease, disorder or condition;

a medical device, an in-vitro diagnostic, or a companion to any regulated medical procedure;

a substitute for professional medical advice, examination, diagnosis or treatment.

The Reports are intended to support your general wellness and curiosity — not to inform, replace or influence any clinical decision.

2. No Diagnosis, Screening, Treatment or Prediction of Disease

VAMS Reports, and any scores, indicators, ranges or narrative content within them, do not and are not intended to:

diagnose any disease, illness, infection, disorder or health condition;

screen for, detect, confirm or rule out any disease, illness, infection, disorder or health condition;

treat, cure, mitigate or prevent any disease, illness, infection, disorder or health condition;

predict the onset, progression, recurrence or outcome of any disease, illness, infection, disorder or health condition; or

assess your risk of any disease, illness, infection, disorder or health condition in a clinical sense.

Any wellness observation, comparison to reference ranges, or contextual statement in a Report is not a clinical finding and must not be interpreted as one. A "typical" or "atypical" result does not mean you are healthy or unhealthy, and it does not confirm or exclude the presence of any condition.

3. Not a Substitute for Professional Medical Advice

Nothing in a VAMS Report or on this website constitutes medical advice, and no doctor–patient, clinician–patient or other professional-care relationship is created by your use of our services.

Always consult a qualified, licensed healthcare professional (such as a physician or other appropriately qualified clinician) for any question relating to your health, symptoms, a medical condition, or before making any decision about your diet, supplements, medication, lifestyle or medical care.

Never disregard, delay or discontinue professional medical advice, or delay seeking it, because of something you have read in a VAMS Report or on this website.

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, or believe you may be, contact your local emergency services or a qualified healthcare provider immediately. Do not rely on a VAMS Report in any urgent or emergency situation.

Decisions about your health should be made by you together with a qualified clinician who can consider your full medical history, symptoms and circumstances. A VAMS Report cannot do this.

4. The Science Is Evolving — Associations, Not Causation

Microbiome science is an emerging and rapidly evolving field. The scientific understanding of the human microbiome, and its relationship to wellness and health, remains incomplete and subject to ongoing research and revision.

Much of the published research describes statistical associations or correlations observed in study populations. Association is not causation. The presence, absence or relative abundance of particular microbes should not be understood to cause, or to protect against, any particular outcome.

Findings from research populations may not apply to you as an individual. Individual biology, diet, environment, genetics and lifestyle all influence the microbiome.

The microbiome is dynamic and can change over time and in response to many factors. A Report reflects a point-in-time snapshot and may not represent your microbiome at any other moment.

Scientific consensus, reference ranges, and interpretive frameworks may change as new evidence emerges. Content that is current today may be revised or superseded.

Educational content in VAMS Reports summarises and simplifies complex science for a general audience and should not be treated as a complete, definitive or clinical account of the underlying research.

5. Nature of the Data — Sequencing-Derived Context, Not Clinical Results

VAMS Reports are generated from the laboratory processing and computational analysis of biological samples using sequencing-based and related techniques.

The outputs are sequencing-derived, computationally generated wellness context — not clinical or diagnostic results.

Reports may include confidence indicators (such as confidence levels, quality flags or similar signals) to communicate the degree of certainty associated with particular observations. These indicators reflect analytical and methodological limitations and are provided to aid interpretation; they are not measures of clinical validity or diagnostic accuracy.

Results can be affected by factors including, without limitation, sample collection technique, sample quality and handling, storage and transit conditions, the limits of current sequencing and bioinformatics methods, reference databases, and the evolving state of the science.

VAMS Reports have not been analytically or clinically validated as diagnostic tests, and no clinical performance claims (such as sensitivity, specificity or predictive value) are made.

Because of these characteristics, VAMS Reports should be treated as educational context to explore, not as measurements on which to base health decisions.

6. VAMS Is Not a Laboratory, Healthcare or Diagnostic Provider

VAMS BioInnovation Private Limited is a company that develops and provides educational and wellness-oriented microbiome insights and content. VAMS is not a laboratory, a clinical or diagnostic laboratory, a healthcare provider, a diagnostic provider, or a medical-device manufacturer, and does not hold itself out as any of these.

Laboratory processing of samples is carried out by independent, suitably qualified third-party processing partners operating at Samples may be processed by qualified third-party laboratories in India or another location disclosed to the customer before sample submission or processing. The specific processing laboratory and country will be identified in the order documentation or test report where applicable.. Accreditation status of such partners: VAMS BioInnovation Private Limited is not itself represented as an accredited clinical laboratory. Laboratory accreditation, quality certification and permitted testing scope vary by processing partner and will be disclosed for the applicable service. No accreditation should be inferred unless expressly stated and independently verifiable..

VAMS does not itself perform clinical laboratory testing, provide medical services, or engage in the practice of medicine.

References to laboratory processing describe the involvement of third-party partners and must not be read as a representation that VAMS is itself a laboratory or an accredited or licensed testing provider.

7. No Regulatory Clearance or Approval Implied

VAMS Reports are wellness and educational products. Nothing on this website or in any Report should be interpreted as a claim that a Report, score or service is a cleared, approved, registered, certified or otherwise authorised medical device, in-vitro diagnostic, or clinical test.

No approval, clearance, certification or authorisation by any medical-device, diagnostic, health or other regulatory authority (including, without limitation, Ministry of Corporate Affairs; Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology; Data Protection Board of India; Department of Consumer Affairs and Central Consumer Protection Authority; and, depending on the product or claim, CDSCO, FSSAI, relevant State authorities and other competent regulators.) is claimed or should be implied for the Reports as offered.

Where any specific regulated service is offered in the future, it will be described as such, and only the specific claims that have been lawfully validated and authorised for that service will be made.

The availability, content and permitted use of the Reports may vary by jurisdiction, and it is your responsibility to ensure your use complies with applicable local laws.

8. Individual Results and Reliance

Wellness is individual. What is described in general educational content may not apply to your situation, and outcomes will vary from person to person. Any action you take based on a VAMS Report is taken at your own discretion and risk, and you are solely responsible for evaluating the information and deciding — ideally in consultation with a qualified clinician — whether and how it is relevant to you.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, VAMS disclaims responsibility for decisions made, or actions taken, in reliance on the educational and wellness content of the Reports. Nothing in this Disclaimer excludes or limits any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for fraud or wilful misconduct, your statutory consumer rights and remedies, and our obligations relating to the security of your personal data.

9. Questions

If you have any questions about this Disclaimer, please contact us at legal@vamsbiome.com.

Version and Change History

Document name: Medical, Wellness & Scientific Disclaimer

Version: 1.0

Effective date: 10 July 2026

Change history: v1.0 (10 July 2026) — Initial publication.