Chrystyn, Henry
van der Palen, Job
Sharma, Raj
Barnes, Neil
Delafont, Bruno
Mahajan, Anadi
Thomas, Mike
Article History
Received: 31 March 2016
Revised: 16 December 2016
Accepted: 1 February 2017
First Online: 3 April 2017
Competing interests
: H.C. has received sponsorship to carry out studies, together with Board Membership, consultant agreements and honoraria for presentation, from Almirall, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GSK, Innovata Biomed, Meda, Napp Pharmaceuticals, Mundipharma, NorPharma, Novartis, Orion, Sanofi, Teva, Trudell Medical International, UCB and Zentiva. He has also received research sponsorship from grant awarding bodies (EPSRC and MRC). He is also the owner of Inhalation Consultancy Ltd. J.v.d.P. has received grant and travel funding from GSK. R.S. and N.B. are employed by, and hold stock in, GSK. B.D. has received statistical consulting fees from Bridge Medical, during the conduct of the study and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim and from Ipsen outside the submitted work. A.M. is employed by Bridge Medical. M.T. has received personal fees from GSK, Novartis, Aerocrine, Boehringer Ingelheim, Teva, Pfizer, Roche and Sandoz. He has also received non-financial support from GSK, Novartis, AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim.