Hedström, Anna Karin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6612-4749
Olsson, Tomas
Kockum, Ingrid
Hillert, Jan
Alfredsson, Lars
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vetenskapsrådet
Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd
Hjärnfonden
Horizon 2020
Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning
Article History
Received: 8 November 2019
Revised: 10 December 2019
Accepted: 12 December 2019
First Online: 17 December 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Hedström has nothing to disclose. Olsson reports grants from Swedish Research Council, grants from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, grants from Swedish Brain Foundation, during the conduct of the study; grants and personal fees from Biogen, grants and personal fees from Genzyme, grants and personal fees from Novartis, personal fees from Merck, outside the submitted work. Kockum received speaker's fees from Merck-Serono, and is involved in a project sponsored by Biogen. Hillert received honoraria for serving on advisory boards for Biogen and Novartis and speaker’s fees from Biogen, Merck-Serono, Bayer-Schering, Teva and Sanofi-Aventis. He has served as principal investigator for projects sponsored by, or received unrestricted research support from, Biogen, Merck-Serono, TEVA, Novartis and Bayer-Schering. Alfredsson reports grants from Swedish Research Council, grants from Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare, grants from Swedish Brain Foundation, during the conduct of the study; personal fees from Teva, personal fees from Biogene Idec, outside the submitted work.
: All studies have been approved by the appropriate ethics committee and have, therefore, been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All participants in both studies provided their informed consent.