Kar, Debasish http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1524-1312
Gillies, Clare
Nath, Mintu
Khunti, Kamlesh
Davies, Melanie J.
Seidu, Samuel
Funding for this research was provided by:
CLAHRC (Project 17)
Article History
Received: 23 November 2018
Accepted: 23 January 2019
First Online: 24 February 2019
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: DK, CLG and MN have no competing interests. MJD reports personal fees from Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis, Lilly, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, Janssen, Servier, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Inc. She has also received grants from Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis, Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen outside the submitted work. Prof Khunti has acted as a consultant and speaker for Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Lilly, Servier and Merck Sharp & Dohme. He has received grants in support of investigator and investigator-initiated trials from AstraZeneca, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis, Lilly, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck Sharp & Dohme. KK has received funds for research, honoraria for speaking at meetings and has served on advisory boards for AstraZeneca, Lilly, Sanofi-Aventis, Merck Sharp & Dohme and Novo Nordisk. SS has acted as a consultant on advisory boards and speaker for Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis, Lilly, and Merck Sharp & Dohme, Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen and Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Inc.
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