Sonke, Gabe S.
Hart, Lowell L.
Campone, Mario
Erdkamp, Frans
Janni, Wolfgang
Verma, Sunil
Villanueva, Cristian
Jakobsen, Erik
Alba, Emilio
Wist, Erik
Favret, Anne M.
Bachelot, Thomas
Hegg, Roberto
Wheatley-Price, Paul
Souami, Farida
Sutradhar, Santosh
Miller, Michelle
Germa, Caroline
Burris, Howard A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
The study was initiated, funded, and sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Article History
Received: 18 September 2017
Accepted: 21 September 2017
First Online: 22 October 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Sonke reports institutional reimbursement for steering committee activities from Novartis during the conduct of the study. Dr. Hart reports research funding to his institution. Prof. Campone reports fees for advisory boards from Novartis, during the conduct of the study; and fees for advisory boards from Lilly, Sanofi, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca outside the submitted work. Prof. Janni reports research grants and/or honoraria from Sanofi-Aventis, Novartis, Roche, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Chugai, GSK, Eisai, Celgene, and Johnson & Johnson outside the submitted work. Dr. Alba reports grants from Roche outside the submitted work. Dr. Wist reports personal fees from Novartis for an advisory board and a lecture outside the submitted work. Dr. Bachelot reports grants, personal fees, and non-financial support from Roche, Novartis, and Pfizer and grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca outside the submitted work. Dr. Wheatley-Price reports advisory board fees from Novartis outside the submitted work. Ms. Souami, Dr. Miller, and Dr. Germa are employees of Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation and hold Novartis stock options. Mr. Sutradhar is an employee of Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation. Dr. Erdkamp, Dr. Verma, Dr. Villanueva, Dr. Jakobsen, Dr. Favret, Dr. Hegg, and Dr. Burris have nothing to disclose.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.