Ohle, Lisa-Marie
Ellenberger, David http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2274-5025
Flachenecker, Peter
Friede, Tim
Haas, Judith
Hellwig, Kerstin
Parciak, Tina
Warnke, Clemens http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-0070
Paul, Friedemann
Zettl, Uwe K.
Stahmann, Alexander http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5308-105X
Article History
Received: 31 March 2021
Accepted: 15 June 2021
First Online: 25 June 2021
Competing interests
: Lisa-Marie Ohle reports no disclosure relevant to the content of the submitted manuscript, her work on the project was funded by a grant from the innovation fund of the German Federal Joint Committee (01VSF18038). David Ellenberger reports no disclosure relevant to the content of the submitted manuscript. Peter Flachenecker has received speaker’s fees and honoraria for advisory boards from Almirall, Bayer, Biogen Idec, Celgene, Genzyme, Novartis, Merck-Serono, Roche and Teva. He has participated in pharmaceutical company sponsored trials by Roche. None resulted in a conflict of interest. Tim Friede has received personal fees for consultancies (including data monitoring committees) in the past three years from Bayer, Biosense Webster, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cardialysis, CSL Behring, Daiichi Sankyo, Enanta, Fresenius Kabi, Galapagos, Janssen, Liva Nova, Novartis, Parexel, Penumbra, Roche, SGS, Vifor; all outside the submitted work. Judith Haas reports no disclosure relevant to the content of the submitted manuscript. Kerstin Hellwig reports no disclosure relevant to the content of the submitted manuscript. Tina Parciak reports no disclosure relevant to the content of the submitted manuscript. Friedemann Paul has received speaking fees, travel support, honoraria from advisory boards, and/or financial support for research activities from Bayer, Novartis, Biogen, Teva, Sanofi-Aventis/Genzyme, Merck Serono, Alexion, Chugai, MedImmune, Shire, German Research Council, Werth Stiftung of the City of Cologne, German Ministry of Education and Research, EU FP7 Framework Program, Arthur Arnstein Foundation Berlin, Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation, and National Multiple Sclerosis of the USA. He serves as academic editor for PLoS ONE and associate editor for Neurology, Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation. None resulted in a conflict of interest. Clemens Warnke has received institutional support from Novartis, Alexion, Sanofi-Genzyme, Biogen, Janssen, and Roche. Uwe K. Zettl has received speaking fees, travel support and /or financial support for research activities from Alexion, Almirall, Bayer, Biogen, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, Janssen, Merck Serono, Novartis, Octapharm, Roche, Sanofi Genzyme, Teva as well as EU, BMBF, BMWi and DFG. None resulted in a conflict of interest. Alexander Stahmann has no personal pecuniary interests to disclose, other than being the lead of the German MS Registry, which receives funding from a range of public and corporate sponsors, recently including The German Innovation Fund (G-BA), The German MS Trust, German MS Society, Biogen, Celgene (Bristol Myers Squibb), Merck Serono, Novartis, Roche and Sanofi. None resulted in a conflict of interest.