Honvo, Germain http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6992-6712
Bannuru, Raveendhara R.
Bruyère, Olivier
Rannou, Francois
Herrero-Beaumont, Gabriel
Uebelhart, Daniel
Cooper, Cyrus
Arden, Nigel
Conaghan, Philip G.
Reginster, Jean-Yves
Thomas, Thierry
McAlindon, Tim
Article History
First Online: 9 May 2019
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: All authors meet the ICMJE criteria for authorship for this manuscript, take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, and have given final approval to this version to be published.
: G Honvo was funded by the ESCEO, a Belgian not-for-profit organization. The ESCEO Working Group was entirely funded by the ESCEO. The ESCEO receives unrestricted educational grants to support its educational and scientific activities from non-governmental organizations, not-for-profit organizations, non-commercial, and corporate partners. The choice of topics, participants, content and agenda of the working groups as well as the writing, editing, submission, and reviewing of the manuscript are the sole responsibility of the ESCEO, without any influence from third parties.
: O Bruyere reports grants from Biophytis, IBSA, MEDA, Servier, SMB, and Theramex, outside of the submitted work. C. Cooper reports personal fees from Alliance for Better Bone Health, Amgen, Eli Lilly, GSK, Medtronic, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Servier, Takeda, and UCB, outside of the submitted work. J-Y. Reginster reports grants from IBSA-Genevrier, Mylan, CNIEL, Radius Health (through institution), consulting fees from IBSA-Genevrier, Mylan, CNIEL, Radius Health, and Pierre Fabre; fees for participation in review activities from IBSA-Genevrier, MYLAN, CNIEL, Radius Health, and Teva; payment for lectures from AgNovos, CERIN, CNIEL, Dairy Research Council (DRC), Echolight, IBSA-Genevrier, Mylan, Pfizer Consumer Health, Teva, and Theramex, outside of the submitted work. N. Arden reports personal fees from Bioventus, Flexion, Merck, Pfizer/Lilly, Regeneron, Smith & Nephew, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and grants from Bioiberica and Merck, outside the submitted work. P.G. Conaghan reports consultancy or speakers’ bureaus fees from Abbvie, BMS, Flexion Therapeutics, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Serono, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, and Samumed outside of the submitted work. F. Rannou reports grants from APHP, INSERM, University Paris Descartes, and Arthritis (Road Network) and consulting fees from Pierre Fabre, Expanscience, Thuasne, Servier, Genevrier, Sanofi Aventis, and Genzyme, outside of the submitted work. T. McAlindon reports fees for participation in review activities from Pfizer and fees for consulting activities from Flexion, Samumed, Sanofi, Visgo, Roche, Astellas, Pfizer, Seikayaku, Regeneron, and Anika, outside of the submitted work. T. Thomas reports personal fees from Abbvie, Amgen, Arrow, BMS, Chugai, Expanscience, Gilead, HAC-Pharma, LCA, Lilly, Medac, MSD, Pfizer, Thuasne, TEVA, and UCB and grants from Amgen, Bone Therapeutics, Chugai, HAC-Pharma, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, and UCB, outside of the submitted work. R. Bannuru was supported by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (K23AT009374) and reports honorarium from Sanofi, Bioventus, and Fidia, outside of the submitted work. G. Honvo, G. Herrero-Beaumont, and D. Uebelhart have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article. The contents of this manuscript are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.