Sacconi, Riccardo
Cicinelli, Maria Vittoria
Borrelli, Enrico
Savastano, Maria Cristina
Rispoli, Marco
Lumbroso, Bruno
Corbelli, Eleonora
Casaluci, Marco
Bandello, Francesco
Querques, Giuseppe http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3292-9581
Article History
Received: 1 November 2019
Revised: 11 April 2020
Accepted: 25 May 2020
First Online: 13 June 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Riccardo Sacconi, Maria Vittoria Cicinelli, Enrico Borrelli, Maria Cristina Savastano, Marco Rispoli, Bruno Lumbroso, Eleonora Corbelli, and Marco Casaluci certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.Francesco Bandello is a consultant for Alcon (Fort Worth, TX, USA), Alimera Sciences (Alpharetta, GA, USA), Allergan Inc. (Irvine, CA, USA), Farmila-Thea (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Bayer Shering-Pharma (Berlin, Germany), Bausch And Lomb (Rochester, NY, USA), Genentech (San Francisco, CA, USA), Hoffmann-La-Roche (Basel, Switzerland), Novagali Pharma (Évry, France), Novartis (Basel, Switzerland), Sanofi-Aventis (Paris, France), Thrombogenics (Heverlee, Belgium), Zeiss (Dublin, USA).Giuseppe Querques is a consultant for Alimera Sciences (Alpharetta, GA, USA), Allergan Inc. (Irvine, CA, USA), Amgen (Thousand Oaks, USA), Bayer Shering-Pharma (Berlin, Germany), Heidelberg (Germany), KBH (Chengdu; China), LEH Pharma (London, UK), Lumithera (Poulsbo; USA), Novartis (Basel, Switzerland), Sandoz (Berlin, Germany), Sifi (Catania, Italy), Sooft-Fidea (Abano, Italy), Zeiss (Dublin, USA).
: This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the (place name of institution and/or national research committee) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
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