Kato, Gregory J.
Piel, Frédéric B.
Reid, Clarice D.
Gaston, Marilyn H.
Ohene-Frempong, Kwaku
Krishnamurti, Lakshmanan
Smith, Wally R.
Panepinto, Julie A.
Weatherall, David J.
Costa, Fernando F.
Vichinsky, Elliott P.
Article History
First Online: 15 March 2018
Competing interests
: G.J.K. is listed as a co-inventor on a patent application by the US NIH for the formulation of topical sodium nitrite (PCT/US2015/060015), receives research support from Bayer Pharmaceuticals and has received research support from AesRx and personal consulting fees (honoraria) from Novartis and Bioverativ outside the submitted work. The University of Pittsburgh received support for G.J.K.'s salary to serve on the steering committee for a clinical trial by Mast Therapeutics. F.B.P. reports personal fees (honoraria) from Novartis outside the submitted work. L.K., W.R.S., J.A.P., D.J.W., F.F.C. and E.V.P. declare no competing interests. Editor's note: all other authors have chosen not to declare any competing interests.