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First Online: 1 October 2018

Compliance with ethical guidelines

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: A. Krause: speakers’ bureau for Abbvie, Berlin-Chemie, BMS, Celgene, Chugai, Janssen, Lilly, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, UCB; consultancy fees from Abbvie, Janssen, Lilly, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi; research grants from Abbvie, Ovamed, Roche. P.M. Aries: speakers’ bureau for Abbvie, BMS, Celgene, Chugai, Janssen, Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, Mundipharma, consultancy fees from Abbvie, Celgene, Lilly, Medac, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi; Chugai, Roche. C. Fiehn: lecturer fees from Roche. H.-M. Lorenz: consultancy/lecturer fees, support for scientific projects, or travel reimbursements from Abbvie, Actelion, AstraZeneca, Bayer Vital, Baxter, Biogen, BMS, Celgene, Chugai, GSK, Janssen-Cilag, Lilly, Medac, MSD, Novartis, Octapharma, Pfizer, Roche, Shire, SOBI, UCB. L. Meier: consultancy/lecturer fees from Abbvie, BMS, Chugai-Roche, Lilly, Medac, MSD, Pfizer. U. Müller-Ladner: consultancy/lecturer fees from Roche, Chugai. A. Schwarting: honoraria from GSK, research grants from AbbVie, BMS, Pfizer. H.-P. Tony: consultancy/lecturer fees from Abbvie, AstraZeneca, BMS, Chugai, Janssen-Cilag, Lilly, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi. M.A. Peters is an employee of Roche Pharma AG. J. Wendler: consultancy/lecturer fees from Roche. S. Berger, H. Kellner and G.A. Müller declare that they have no competing interests.

: This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.