Choy, Ernest H. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4459-8609
De Benedetti, Fabrizio
Takeuchi, Tsutomu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1111-8218
Hashizume, Misato
John, Markus R.
Kishimoto, Tadamitsu
Article History
Accepted: 31 March 2020
First Online: 23 April 2020
Competing interests
: E.H.C. has received research grants from Bio-Cancer, Biogen, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi and UCB; consultancy fees from AbbVie, Amgen, Biogen, Chugai Pharma, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, Regeneron, Roche, R-Pharm and Sanofi; speaker’s fees from Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chugai Pharma, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, Regeneron, Roche, Sanofi and UCB. F.D.B. has received research grants from AbbVie, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, Novimmune and SOBI. T.T. has received research grants from AbbVie, Asahi Kasei Pharma, Astellas Pharma, AYUMI Pharmaceutical, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, Nippon Kayaku, Novartis Pharma K.K., Pfizer Japan, Takeda Pharmaceutical; and personal fees from AbbVie G.K., Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca K.K., Bristol-Myers K.K., Chugai Pharmaceutical, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, Eli Lilly Japan K.K., GlaxoSmithKline K.K., Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, Nippon Kayaku, Novartis Pharma K.K., Pfizer Japan, Sanofi K.K., Teijin Pharma, Taiho Pharmaceutical, Taisho Pharmaceutical, Takeda Pharmaceutical, UCB Japan. M.H. is an employee of Chugai Pharmaceutical. M.R.J. is employed by Roche and owns shares in Roche. T.K. has a patent for tocilizumab. Work by T.K.’s group is supported in part by the Kishimoto Foundation.
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