Raffa, Robert B.
Pawasauskas, Jayne
Pergolizzi, Joseph V. Jr
Lu, Luke
Chen, Yin
Wu, Sutan
Jarrett, Brant
Fain, Randi
Hill, Lawrence
Devarakonda, Krishna
Funding for this research was provided by:
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Article History
First Online: 6 December 2017
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: This study was funded by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals. These data were presented in part at the 15th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA), November 17–19, 2016, San Deigo, California.
: Michael G. Baker, PhD of Samorn Biosciences, Inc., provided assistance with writing/formatting/proof reading collation of the author comments and this assistance was funded by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals.
: Robert B. Raffa is a former employee of Johnson & Johnson (1986–1996); he has received basic science laboratory analgesics research funding from pharmaceutical companies; he consults/presents on analgesics for several pharmaceutical companies, including Mallinckrodt, but he receives no royalties for sales of any products. Jayne Pawasauskas is a consultant to Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Inc., Joseph V Pergolizzi Jr. is a consultant/ speaker and/or researcher for: Inspirion, Mallinckrodt, Collegium, Purdue Pharma LLP, Grunenthal GmhB, Inspirion, ENDO Pharmaceuticals Iroko, DepoMed and Mundipharma. Krishna Devarakonda, Jia Lu, Yin Chen, Sutan Wu, Lawrence Hill, Brant Jarrett, and Randi Fain are employees of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Inc.
: Prior to initiation of this single-center study, the protocol was reviewed and approved by the institutional review board IntegReview, Austin, Texas. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Additional informed consent was obtained from all individual participants for whom identifying information is included in this article.