Poulter, Neil R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6292-997X
Dolan, Eamon
Gupta, Ajay K.
O’Brien, Eoin
Whitehouse, Andrew
Sever, Peter S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Servier (P15593)
Article History
First Online: 28 March 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: This study was funded by Servier. Medical writing and editorial support, under the guidance of the authors, was provided by John Plant (Servier).
: Neil Poulter has received financial support from several pharmaceutical companies that manufacture BP-lowering agents, for consultancy (Servier), research projects and staff (Pfizer, Servier), and arranging and speaking at education meetings (Astra Zeneca, Lri Therapharma, Napi, Servier, and Pfizer). He holds no stocks or shares in any such companies. In the last 3 years, Ajay Gupta has received financial support to attend a conference and an honorarium for a presentation from Servier, but these funds were for activities unrelated to this manuscript. During the conduct of this study, he was part of an independent safety and adjudication committee and received consulting fees for that work. Andrew Whitehouse has claimed travel expenses during the conduct of the study to attend study sites and the funder’s offices. Eamon Dolan, Eoin O’Brien, and Peter Sever have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of national research committees and with the Helsinki declaration.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.