Staskin, David
Herschorn, Sender
Fialkov, Jonathan
Tu, Le Mai
Walsh, Terry
Schermer, Carol R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Astellas Pharma Inc
Article History
Received: 11 January 2017
Accepted: 11 May 2017
First Online: 15 June 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: David Staskin has received grants, speaker and consultancy fees from Astellas, speaker and consultancy fees from Allergan, Velicept, StimGuard, NewUro, and Inpellis, and has patents related to surgical devices for stress incontinence with royalties paid.Sender Herschorn has received grants, speaker and consultancy fees from Astellas, Allergan, and Ipsen, and speaker and consultancy fees from Merus and Pfizer.Jonathan Fialkov has received investigator fees from Astellas, and is managing director/board chairman of Rational Surgical Solutions, and has received sponsorship fees from Dendreon for Rational Surgical Solutions software application.Le Mai Tu has received speaker and consultancy fees from Astellas and Pfizer.Terry Walsh and Carol Schermer are employees of Astellas.
: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviewed the ethical, scientific and medical appropriateness of the study before it was conducted. IRB approval of the protocol, informed consent and patient information and/or advertising, as relevant, was obtained prior to the study commencing. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles that have their origin in the Declaration of Helsinki, Good Clinical Practice, and International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use guidelines and applicable laws and regulations.
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