Price, David
Fletcher, Monica
van der Molen, Thys
Article History
Received: 18 October 2013
Revised: 30 January 2014
Accepted: 6 March 2014
First Online: 12 June 2014
Competing interests
: DP has acted as a consultant and board member for Almirral, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Meda Pharma, Merck, Mundipharma, Napp, Novartis, Nycomed, Pfizer, Sandoz and Teva. He or his research team has received grants and support for research in respiratory disease from the following organisations in the past 5 years: Aerocrine, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Mundipharma, Novartis, Nycomed, Orion, Pfizer, Teva and the UK National Health Service. Grants/grants pending: Aerocrine, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Mundipharma, Novartis, Nycomed, Orion, Pfizer, Takeda, Teva and the UK National Health Service. Payments for lectures/speaking: Activaero, Almirral, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Cipla, GlaxoSmithKline, Kyorin, Novartis, Merck, Mundipharma, Pfizer, Takeda and Teva. Payment for manuscript preparation: Merck, Mundipharma and Teva. Stock/stock options: shares in AKL Ltd, which produces phytopharmaceuticals; owner of 80% of Research in Real Life and its subsidiary social enterprise Optimum Patient Care. Payment for travel/accommodation/meeting expenses: Aerocrine, Boehringer Ingelheim, Mundipharma, Napp, Novartis and Teva. MF has received reimbursement for travel and accommodation from Amirall UK and Novartis AG. Education for Health received honoraria from Almirall, Boehringer, Ingelheim, Novartis AG and Novartis UK for advisory boards attended by MF. It also received educational grants from Almirall, Chiesi and TEVA, and grants for research in the last 5 years from Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Novartis AG, Pfizer and UCB. TvdM has acted as a consultant and board member for Almirral, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Mundipharma, Novartis and Teva, and as a consultant for MSD. Grants/grants pending: His research department at the University of Groningen has received grants and support for research in respiratory disease from the following organisations in the past 5 years: AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Lung Foundation Netherlands, Merck, Mundipharma, Novartis, Nycomed and Stichting Astma Bestrijding. Payments for lectures/speaking: Almirral, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Cipla, GlaxoSmithKline, Kyorin, Merck, Mundipharma, Novartis and Teva. Payment for travel/accommodation/meeting expenses: Boehringer Ingelheim, Mundipharma, Novartis and Teva.