Zeuzem, Stefan
Serfaty, Lawrence
Vierling, John
Cheng, Wendy
George, Jacob
Sperl, Jan
Strasser, Simone
Kumada, Hiromitsu
Hwang, Peggy
Robertson, Michael
Wahl, Janice
Barr, Eliav
Talwani, Rohit
Platt, Heather
Funding for this research was provided by:
Merck Sharp and Dohme
Article History
Received: 1 May 2017
Accepted: 30 December 2017
First Online: 17 January 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Stefan Zeuzem has served a consultant for AbbVie, BMS, Gilead, Janssen, and Merck/MSD. Lawrence Serfaty has received personal fees from MSD, Gilead, Janssen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and AbbVie. John Vierling has received grants or other payments from AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Conatus, Genentech, Genentech, Gilead, Gilead, Merck, Novartis, and Sundise. Wendy Cheng has received personal fees from Merck for participation on a Medical Education Expert Input Forum. Jacob George has received personal fees from MSD, AbbVie, Gilead, Pharmaxis, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Jan Sperl has received research grants from Gilead and Janssen-Cilag and personal fees for speaker/advisor roles with Gilead, Janssen-Cilag, Merck, and AbbVie. Simone Strasser has received personal fees from MSD/Merck, Gilead Sciences, AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Janssen. Hiromitsu Kumada has received grants from MSD KK during the conduct of the study and personal fees from MSD KK, GSK, Tanabe-Mitsubishi, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Janssen, and has a patent SRL licensed. Peggy Hwang, Michael Robertson, Janice Wahl, Eliav Barr, Rohit Talwani, and Heather Platt are employees of and hold stock in Merck & Co., Inc.