Price, David B http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9728-9992
Scadding, Glenis
Bachert, Claus
Saleh, Hesham
Nasser, Shuaib
Carter, Victoria
von Ziegenweidt, Julie
Durieux, Alice M S
Ryan, Dermot http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4115-7376
Article History
Received: 22 March 2016
Accepted: 22 April 2016
First Online: 23 June 2016
Competing interests
: DBP has board membership with Aerocrine, Almirall, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Meda, Mundipharma, Napp, Novartis and Teva Pharmaceuticals; is a consultant for Almirall, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Meda, Mundipharma, Napp, Novartis, Pfizer and Teva Pharmaceuticals; has received grants and unrestricted funding for investigator-initiated studies (conducted through Research in Real-Life Ltd and Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute Pte Ltd) from UK National Health Service, British Lung Foundation, Aerocrine, AKL Ltd, Almirall, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Meda, Merck, Mundipharma, Napp, Novartis, Orion, Pfizer, Respiratory Effectiveness Group, Takeda, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Zentiva, payments for lectures/speaking from Almirall, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Cipla, GlaxoSmithKline, Kyorin, Meda, Merck, Mundipharma, Novartis, Pfizer, Skyepharma, Takeda and Teva Pharmaceuticals, payment for manuscript preparation from Mundipharma and Teva Pharmaceuticals, patents (planned, pending or issued) from AKL Ltd, payment for the development of educational materials from GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis; has stock/stock options from AKL Ltd, which produces phytopharmaceuticals; owns 80% of Research in Real Life Ltd, 75% of the social enterprise Optimum Patient Care Ltd, and 75% of Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute Pte Ltd; and has received payment for travel/accommodations/meeting expenses from Aerocrine, Boehringer Ingelheim, Mundipharma, Napp, Novartis, and Teva Pharmaceuticals, and funding for patient enrolment or completion of research from Almirral, Chiesi, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Zentiva; and is a peer reviewer for grant committees of the Medical Research Council (2014), Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation programme (2012), HTA (2014). GS has received research grants from GSK, ALK. She has received honoraria for articles, lectures/chairing/advisory boards of ALK, Astra Zeneca, Brittania Pharmaceuticals, Capnia, Church & Dwight, Circassia, GSK, Groupo Uriach, Meda, Merck, MSD, Ono Pharmaceuticals, Oxford Therapeutics, Sanofi-Aventis and UCB, as well as travel funding from Bayer and GSK. CB is a speaker for Meda, UCB, GSK, MSD, Uriach, Faes, ALK, Allergopharma and Bencard. HS has received research grants from GSK, and received honoraria for articles, lectures and advisory boards from GSK and Schering Plough. SN has received research funding from GSK, AstraZeneca and Novartis. He has received honoraria for lectures/advisory boards from Napp, ALK, Teva Pharmaceuticals. VC and JvZ were employees of Research in Real Life, which conducted this study and which has conducted paid research in respiratory disease on behalf of the following other organizations in the past 5 years: Aerocrine, AKL Ltd, Almirall, AstraZeneca, British Lung Foundation, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Meda, Mundipharma, Napp, Novartis, Orion, Respiratory Effectiveness Group, Takeda, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and Zentiva, a Sanofi company. AMSD is an employee of Research in Real Life, which conducted this study and which has conducted paid research in respiratory disease on behalf of the following other organizations in the past 5 years: Aerocrine, AKL Ltd, Almirall, AstraZeneca, British Lung Foundation, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Meda, Mundipharma, Napp, Novartis, Orion, Respiratory Effectiveness Group, Takeda, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and Zentiva, a Sanofi company. D.R. has board membership of Uriach and Stallergenes, has received consultancy fees and meeting sponsorship from MEDA, Sterimar and Novartis and has lectured or spoken on behalf of MEDA and GSK, AZ, Almirall, and Teva Pharmaceuticals.