Gershon, Anne A.
Breuer, Judith
Cohen, Jeffrey I.
Cohrs, Randall J.
Gershon, Michael D.
Gilden, Don
Grose, Charles
Hambleton, Sophie
Kennedy, Peter G. E.
Oxman, Michael N.
Seward, Jane F.
Yamanishi, Koichi
Article History
First Online: 2 July 2015
Competing interests
: J.B., J.I.C., R.J.C., M.D.G., D.G., C.G., S.H., M.N.O. and J.F.S. declare no competing interests. A.A.G. declares service contracts from Merck to investigate the safety of VZV vaccines (identifying VZV in samples from patients with possible adverse reactions), chairs an independent data monitoring committee for GlaxoSmithKlines Phase III subunit glycoprotein E zoster vaccine trial, consults with Pfizer when invited, and has participated in an educational programme (supported by an unrestricted educational grant) on zoster for GlaxoSmithKline. P.G.E.K. has served on a scientific advisory board on zoster vaccination for Sanofi Pasteur MSD. Y.K. is Director General of the BIKEN foundation (The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University), which produces varicella vaccines.
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