Werkl, Peter
Rademacher, Judith
Pleyer, Uwe
Article History
Accepted: 8 November 2023
First Online: 12 December 2023
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: <b>P. Werkl: </b>A. Financial interests: P. Werkl declares no financial conflict of interest.—B. Non-financial interests: resident in special specialty training at the University Eye Hospital Graz—LKH-Universitätsklinikum Graz. <b>J. Rademacher: </b>A. Financial interests: congress attendance reimbursement: Novartis, UCB, AbbVie.—B. Non-financial interests: employed specialist in internal medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical Clinic for Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology; clinician scientist, BIH Berlin Institute of Health | Memberships: DGRh, DGfI, DGIM, ASAS. <b>U. Pleyer: </b>A. Financial interests: research funding: German Research Foundation, BMBF, European Union; speaker’s fees/travel reimbursement as passive participant: AbbVie, Alcon, Allergan, Alimera, Bausch and Lomb, Bayer, Novartis, Santen, Thea; I, my spouse/partner or child(ren) hold patent/share/stock or similar in a company active in the field of medicine: Bayer, Biontech (shares)—B. Non-financial interests: senior physician, Department of Ophthalmology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Membership/function in Interest Groups: speaker of the section Uveitis/DOG since 2014 | Focus of scientific clinical activities: head of the consulting hours “Tertiary Center for Inflammatory Eye Diseases” from 1994 up to today | Secretary: Berlin-Brandenburg Ophthalmologists | Board member: German UVEITIS Working Group DUAG e. V. U. Pleyer is a member of the editorial board of <i>Die Ophthalmologie</i>. He was not involved in the review of this manuscript or in any decisions related to this manuscript.
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