Citterio, Lorena
Bianchi, Giuseppe http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8365-3618
Scioli, Giuseppe A.
Glorioso, Nicola
Bigazzi, Roberto
Cusi, Daniele
Staessen, Jan A.
Cavuto, Silvio
Ferrandi, Mara
Lanzani, Chiara
Li, Xiaoyi
Lau, Lit-Fui
Chiang, Chern-En
Wang, Tzung-Dau
Wang, Kang-Ling
Ferrari, Patrizia
Manunta, Paolo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3976-9696
Funding for this research was provided by:
CVIE Therapeutics, Taipei, Taiwan Windtree Therapeutics, Warrington, PA, USA
Article History
Received: 29 June 2020
Revised: 14 January 2021
Accepted: 27 January 2021
First Online: 1 March 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: GB, as it may be seen from the introduction and discussion, this study is the last of a long series aimed at detecting a target “causal” molecular mechanism(s) of hypertension amenable to be “corrected” by a small molecule in patients. To this end, GB was employee of the Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy and consultant of pharmaceutical companies, that changed over time (Prassis RostaQuo Sigma Tau, Settimo M.se-Pomezia Italy; CVie Therapeutics, Taipei; Windtree Therapeutics, Warrington, USA), receiving a salary from the former and a consultancy fee from the latter, this being well known to both parties. In 2016, as Emeritus Professor, to comply with some local regulations, GB changed his position from consultant to employee at CVie Therapeutics first and then at Windtree; at present, he is consultant at Windtree. PF was consultant of CVie Therapeutics, Taipei, Taiwan first, and then of Windtree Therapeutics, Warrington, PA, USA. MF was an employee of Windtree Therapeutics, Warrington, PA, USA. SC received personal fees from Windtree Therapeutics, Warrington, USA. LFL was employee of CVie Therapeutics Taipei Taiwan. XL was CEO of CVie therapeutics Taipei Taiwan. CVie Therapeutics and Windree Therapeutics paid research grants for this study to the Institutions of GAS, NG, RB, CEC, TDW, KLW, PM, LC, DC, JAS, and CL have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: All studies were approved by the local ethics committees and all participants provided written informed consent.