Sato, Junko
Kanazawa, Akio http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2292-395X
Azuma, Kosuke
Ikeda, Fuki
Goto, Hiromasa
Komiya, Koji
Kanno, Rei
Tamura, Yoshifumi
Asahara, Takashi
Takahashi, Takuya
Nomoto, Koji
Yamashiro, Yuichiro
Watada, Hirotaka
Article History
Received: 19 April 2017
Accepted: 12 September 2017
First Online: 21 September 2017
Competing Interests
: J.S. has received lecture fees from Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Novo Nordisk Pharma, Sanofi and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. A.K. has received lecture fees from Kissei Pharma, Sanofi and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. Y.T. has received lecture fees from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, MSD, Eli Lilly, Kissei Pharma and AstraZeneca. H.W. has received lecture fees from Novo Nordisk, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, Sanofi, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Fujifilm, Bayer Health Care, Kissei Pharmaceutical Company, Mochida Pharmaceutical Company, MSD, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Daiichi-Sankyo, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, AstraZeneca LP, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Company, Ltd., Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusyo Company, Ltd., Kowa Company Ltd. and Astellas Pharma, Inc.; advisory fees from Novo Nordisk, Inc., Mochida Pharma Company, AstraZeneca LP, Kowa Company, Astellas Pharma, Inc., Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., MSD, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Pfizer, Inc. and Kowa Company; and research funds from Boehringer Ingelheim, Pfizer, Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Sanofi-Aventis, Novo Nordisk Pharma, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Sanwakagaku Kenkyusho, Terumo Corp., Eli Lilly, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, Daiichi Sankyo Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., MSD, Shionogi, Pharma, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, Kissei Pharma and Astrazeneca. K.N., T.T. and T.A. are employed by the Yakult Central Institute. K.A., F.I., H.G., K.K., R.K., and Y.Y. has nothing to declare.