Lorscheider, Johannes http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1100-2506
Benkert, Pascal
Lienert, Carmen
Hänni, Peter
Derfuss, Tobias
Kuhle, Jens
Kappos, Ludwig
Yaldizli, Özgür
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Basel
Article History
Received: 28 August 2020
Revised: 11 September 2020
Accepted: 12 September 2020
First Online: 24 September 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: JL has received research support from Innosuisse-Swiss Innovation Agency, Biogen and Novartis and served on advisory boards for Roche and Teva. PB reports no conflicts of interest. CL reports no conflicts of interest. PH is an employee of the Swiss Federation for Common Tasks of Health Insurances. TD received speaker fees, research support, travel support, and/or served on Advisory Boards or Steering Committees of Novartis Pharma, Merck Serono, Biogen, Teva, Bayer-Schering, GeNeuro, Mitsubishi Pharma, MedDay, Roche, and Genzyme. JK’s institution received research support from Swiss MS Society, Biogen, Novartis, Roche, Genzyme, and Merck Serono; he received research support from Bayer AG, Genzyme, Novartis, Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG, Swiss National Research Foundation, ECTRIMS, University of Basel, and Swiss MS Society. The University Hospital Basel, as the employer of L.K., has received and dedicated to research support fees for board membership, consultancy or speaking, or grants in the past 3 years from Actelion, Advancell, Allozyne, Bayer, Bayhill, Biogen Idec, BioMarin, CSL Behring, Eli Lilly EU, Genmab, GeNeuro SA, Gianni Rubatto Foundation, Glenmark, Merck Serono, MediciNova, Mitsubishi Pharma, Novartis, Novartis Research Foundation, Novo Nordisk, Peptimmune, Roche, Roche Research Foundation, Santhera, Sanofi-Aventis, Swiss MS Society, Swiss National Research Foundation, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, UCB, and Wyeth. Ö.Y.’s institution (University Hospital Basel) received honoraria for lectures from Teva, Novartis and Bayer Schering exclusively used for funding of research or educational courses.
: The Ethics Committee of North-West and Central Switzerland confirmed that this study does not fall under the Swiss Federal Act on Research involving Human Beings, due to the administrative nature of the data and adequate anonymisation (Req-2019-00470).