Kitazono, Takanari
Ikeda, Takanori
Ogawa, Satoshi
Nakagawara, Jyoji
Minematsu, Kazuo
Miyamoto, Susumu
Murakawa, Yuji
Cavaliere, Mary
Hayashi, Yasuhiro
Kidani, Yoko
Okayama, Yutaka
Sunaya, Toshiyuki
Sato, Shoichiro
Yamanaka, Satoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bayer Yakuhin Ltd (Bayer Yakuhin Ltd)
Article History
Received: 29 March 2019
Accepted: 23 August 2019
First Online: 6 September 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The author TK was advisory board member for Bayer Yakuhin Ltd. (Bayer) and received research grant from the same. TI received research grant from Daiichi Sankyo (Daiichi), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), Medtronic Japan, St. Jude Medical, Bayer; honoraria from Daiichi, Ono Pharma, Pfizer, Bayer, BMS and was member of advisory board for the last two companies. SO was advisory board member (AB) for Bayer. JN received research grant from Nihon Medi-Physics and AB member for Bayer. KM received honoraria from Bayer, Otsuka Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Stryker, Kowa, Nihon Medi-Physics Co, BMS, Sawai Pharma, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, Daiichi, Astellas, Nippon Chemiphar and was member of AB for CSL Behring, Medico’s Hirata, Bayer. SM received research grant from Takeda Pharma, CSL Behring, Meiji Seika Pharma, MSD, Astellas, Eisai, Otsuka Pharma, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Philips Electronics Japan, Sanofi, Siemens Healthcare, Daiichi, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Chugai Pharma, Nihon Medi-Physics, Pfizer, BMS, Brainlab, Mizuho, and Medtronic and was AB member for Bayer. YM received research grant from Bayer, Daiichi, BI; honoraria from Bayer, Daiichi, BI, BMS and was AB member for Bayer. MC, YH, YK, YO, TS, SS, SY are employees of Bayer Yakuhin Ltd.