Kimura, Kimitoshi
Hohjoh, Hirohiko
Fukuoka, Masashi
Sato, Wakiro
Oki, Shinji
Tomi, Chiharu
Yamaguchi, Hiromi
Kondo, Takayuki
Takahashi, Ryosuke
Yamamura, Takashi
Article History
Received: 21 February 2017
Revised: 17 November 2017
Accepted: 29 November 2017
First Online: 2 January 2018
Competing interests
: W.S. received grant support from Novartis Pharmaceuticals. T.K. received grants or research support from Bayer Holding Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation and Japan Blood Products Organization. R.T. served as a consultant for KAN Research Institute Inc., and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma; received grants or research support from Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Novartis, Nihon Medi-Physics Co. Ltd., and KAN Research Institute Inc. T.Y. served on scientific advisory boards for Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.; received research support from Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Biogen Idec, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Nihon Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., GlaxoSmithKline Co., Teva Pharmaceutical K.K., and Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical Co. Ltd.; received speaker honoraria from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Biogen Idec, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Yakult Bio-Science Foundation, Human Metabolome Technologies Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., and Bayer Holding Ltd. The remaining authors declare no competing financial interests.