Ebina, Kosuke http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2426-1024
Hirano, Toru
Maeda, Yuichi
Yamamoto, Wataru
Hashimoto, Motomu
Murata, Koichi
Onishi, Akira
Jinno, Sadao
Hara, Ryota
Son, Yonsu
Amuro, Hideki
Takeuchi, Tohru
Yoshikawa, Ayaka
Katayama, Masaki
Yamamoto, Keiichi
Okita, Yasutaka
Hirao, Makoto
Etani, Yuki
Kumanogoh, Atsushi
Okada, Seiji
Nakata, Ken
Article History
Received: 19 August 2021
Accepted: 15 December 2021
First Online: 7 January 2022
Competing interests
: KE is affiliated with the Department of Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, which is supported by Taisho. KE has received research grants from AbbVie, Amgen, Asahi-Kasei, Astellas, Chugai, Eisai, Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Ono Pharmaceutical, Teijin Pharma, and UCB Japan. KE has received payments for lectures from AbbVie, Amgen, Asahi-Kasei, Astellas, Ayumi, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chugai, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Ono Pharmaceutical, Pfizer, Sanofi, and UCB Japan. TH received a research grant and/or speaker fee from Astellas, Chugai, GlaxoSmithKline, Nippon Shinyaku, and Eisai. YM received a research grant and/or speaker fee from Eli Lilly, Chugai, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Mitsubishi-Tanabe. MHashimoto received a research grant and/or speaker fee from Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Novartis Pharma. KM is affiliated with a department that is financially supported by four pharmaceutical companies (Asahi-Kasei, Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Chugai, Ayumi, and UCB Japan) and the city government (Nagahama City). KM received a speaker fee from Eisai. TT is affiliated with a department that is financially supported by six pharmaceutical companies (Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Chugai, Ayumi, Astellas, Eisai, and Takeda). TT received a research grant from Chugai, cover letter and a speaker fee from Astellas, Chugai, Eisai, Mitsubishi-Tanabe, AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ayumi, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, Takeda, and Asahi-Kasei. AO received a speaker fee from Chugai, Ono Pharmaceutical, Eli Lilly, Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Asahi-Kasei, and Takeda. SJ has received speaking fees from AbbVie, Asahi-Kasei, Bristol-Myers Squib, Chugai, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Janssen Pharmaceutical, Mitsubishi-Tanabe, and Ono Pharmaceutical. RH received a speaker fee from AbbVie. MHirao received a speaker fee from Astellas, Ono Pharmaceutical, Eli Lilly, Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Pfizer, Ayumi, and Takeda. AK received a research grant and/or speaker fee from Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Chugai, Eisai, Asahi-Kasei, Astellas, AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ono Pharmaceutical, and Pfizer. KN has received a research grant from Astellas, and supervises the Department of Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, which is supported by Taisho. WY, YS, HA, AY, MK, KY, YO, YE, and SO have no financial conflicts of interest to disclose concerning this manuscript. These companies had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, and preparation of the manuscript.