Ma, Christopher
Ascoytia, Carla
McCarrier, Kelly P.
Martin, Mona
Feagan, Brian G.
Jairath, Vipul
Article History
Received: 4 April 2018
Accepted: 22 June 2018
First Online: 29 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: Christopher Ma has no conflicts of interest to declare. Carla Ascoytia, Kelly McCarrier, and Mona Martin are employed by Health Research Associates (HRA). HRA received funding to conduct the interviews and analyze the qualitative data but the authors have no additional individual conflicts of interest to declare. Brian Feagan has received grant/research support from Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Merck, Tillotts Pharma AG, AbbVie, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Centocor Inc., Elan/Biogen, UCB Pharma, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, ActoGenix, and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc.; consulting fees from Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Merck, Centocor Inc., Elan/Biogen, Janssen-Ortho, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, UCB Pharma, AbbVie, Astra Zeneca, Serono, Genentech, Tillotts Pharma AG, Unity Pharmaceuticals, Albireo Pharma, Given Imaging Inc., Salix Pharmaceuticals, Novo Nordisk, GSK, Actogenix, Prometheus Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Athersys, Axcan, Gilead, Pfizer, Shire, Wyeth, Zealand Pharma, Zyngenia, GiCare Pharma Inc., and Sigmoid Pharma; and speaker’s fees from UCB, AbbVie, and J&J/Janssen. Vipul Jairath has received consulting fees from AbbVie, Sandoz, Takeda, Janssen, Robarts Clinical Trials; speaker’s fees from Takeda, Janssen, Shire, Ferring.