Comi, Giancarlo
Pozzilli, Carlo
Morra, Vincenzo Brescia
Bertolotto, Antonio
Sangalli, Francesca
Prosperini, Luca
Carotenuto, Antonio
Iaffaldano, Pietro
Capobianco, Marco
Colombo, Delia
Nica, Mihaela
Rizzoli, Sara
Trojano, Maria
Funding for this research was provided by:
Novartis Farma Spa
Article History
Received: 22 October 2019
Accepted: 27 March 2020
First Online: 21 April 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Giancarlo Comi has received a compensation for consulting services and/or speaking activities from Novartis, Teva, Sanofi Genzyme, Merck, Roche, Almirall, Celgene, Forward Pharma, Medday, and Excemed.Carlo Pozzilli declares that there is no conflict of interest.Vincenzo Brescia Morra received personal compensation from Bayer, Novartis, Almirall, Sanofi Genzyme, Biogen, Merck Serono, and TEVA for public speaking, editorial work, and advisory boards.Antonio Bertolotto received advisory boards and/or speaker honoraria (Biogen, Novartis, Sanofi, and Teva); grant support (Almirall, Associazione San Luigi Gonzaga ONLUS, Biogen, Fondazione per la Ricerca Biomedica ONLUS, Merck, Novartis, Sanofi, Teva, and the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society).Francesca Sangalli declares that there is no conflict of interest.Luca Prosperini received consulting fees from Biogen, Novartis and Roche; speaker honoraria from Biogen, Genzyme, Merck Serono, Novartis, Roche, and Teva; travel grants from Biogen, Genzyme, Novartis, Roche, and Teva; and research grants from the Italian MS Society (Associazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla) and Genzyme.Antonio Carotenuto declares that there is no conflict of interest.Pietro Iaffaldano declares that there is no conflict of interest.Marco Capobianco received personal compensation for participating in advisory board or speaking honoraria from Almirall, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Sanofi Genzyme, Roche, and Teva.Delia Colombo is a part-time employee of Novartis Farma Italy and received grants from Allergan and Aventis.Mihaela Nica is an employee of Novartis Farma, Italy.Sara Rizzoli is an employee of MediNeos Observational Research, Italy.Maria Trojano declares that there is no conflict of interest.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the amended Declaration of Helsinki.
: A written informed consent was obtained from each patient for the use of their clinical data for research purposes.