Samotus, Olivia
Lee, Jack
Jog, Mandar
Funding for this research was provided by:
Allergan Canada Inc.
Mitacs
Article History
Received: 22 November 2017
Revised: 28 February 2018
Accepted: 2 March 2018
First Online: 20 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The study reported in this manuscript has been approved by the Western University Health Sciences Research Ethics Board (REB) and have, therefore, been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study. Details that might disclose the identity of the subjects under study were omitted.
: Dr. Jog reports a research grant from Allergan Canada Inc., during the conduct of the study. Outside of the study, Dr. Jog also is a scientific advisor and receives financial support from AbbVie, Allergan Inc., Boston Scientific, Ipsen, MDDT Inc., Medtronic, Merz Pharma, Novartis, and Teva Pharmaceuticals. In addition, Dr. Jog has two patents PCT/CA2013/000804 and PCT/CA2014/050893 pending that are assigned to MDDT Inc. Mr. Lee is a former research associate and is currently a MDDT Inc. employee and a shareholder along with Dr. Jog. MDDT Inc. is a startup commercializing a diagnostic technology. Ms. Samotus reports a government-industry grant from MITACS during the conduct of the study.