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Article History
First Online: 13 July 2017
Competing interests
: Tamio Teramoto: honoraria from Astellas Pharma Inc., Kowa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd. and Pfizer Japan Inc.; research funding from ASKA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kowa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd. and Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Masayuki Yokde: research funding from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; donation from Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited. Tsuyoshi Kimura: honoraria from Astellas Pharma Inc., AstraZeneca K.K., Abbott Vascular Japan Co., Ltd., MSD K.K., Kowa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., Sanofi K.K., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Pfizer Japan Inc.; research funding from Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Toray Medical Co., Ltd., Heart Flow; donation from Abbott Vascular Japan Co., Ltd., MSD K.K., Sanofi K.K., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Novartis Pharma K.K. Masayasu Matsumoto: honoraria from Eisai Co., Ltd., Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sanofi K.K., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd., Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; donation from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sanofi K.K., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Hidenori Arai: employment/leadership position/advisory role; Possible Medical Science; honoraria from MSD K.K., Kowa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited; donation from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited. Hiromi Rakugi: honoraria from Astellas Pharma Inc., MSD K.K., Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Novartis Pharma K.K., Pfizer Japan Inc., Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; honoraria from MSD K.K., Yowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.; research funding from Novartis Pharma K.K.; donation from Astellas Pharma Inc., MSD K.K., Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Novartis Pharma K.K., Pfizer Japan Inc. Hirohito Sone: honoraria from Astellas Pharma Inc., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kowa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., Sanofi K.K., Sanwa Kagaku kenkyusho Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Novartis Pharma K.K., Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd.; research funding: Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd.; donation from Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Astellas Pharma Inc., Eisai Co., Ltd., MSD K.K., Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Sanofi K.K., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Taisho Toyama Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Japan Blood Products Organization, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Novartis Pharma K.K., Pfizer Japan Inc., Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd., Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. Shizuya Yamashita: honoraria from MSD K.K., Kowa Company, Ltd., Kowa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd.; research funding from National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kyowa Medex Co., Ltd., Kowa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd., Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd.; donation from Astellas Pharma Inc., AstraZeneca K.K., MSD K.K., Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.