Fischer, Lukas
Benjamin, Nicola
Blank, Norbert
Egenlauf, Benjamin
Fischer, Christine
Harutyunova, Satenik
Koegler, Maria
Lorenz, Hanns-Martin
Marra, Alberto M.
Nagel, Christian
Xanthouli, Panagiota
Bossone, Eduardo
Grünig, Ekkehard
Article History
Received: 2 August 2018
Accepted: 16 October 2018
First Online: 8 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg had no obligation against the conduct of the study (internal number S425/2016). All data were anonymized and the study was conducted in accordance with the amended Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: LF nothing to disclose. NB received speaker honoraria and travel support from Actelion and Bayer outside the submitted work. BE nothing to disclose. SH received travel support from Actelion and OMT outside the submitted work. MK nothing to disclose. HML received consultancy / speaker fees from: AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Roche-Chugai, UCB, MSD, GSK, Sobi, Medac, Novartis, Janssen-Cilag, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Actelion; speakers bureau: AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Roche-Chugai, UCB, MSD, GSK, Sobi, Medac, Novartis, Janssen-Cilag, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Actelion outside the submitted work. NB received speaker honoraria from Actelion pharmaceuticals. AMM received grants from Italian Helthcare Ministry, grant for young researchers “Ricerca finalizzata 2016 per giovani ricercatori” n. GR-2016-02364727, personal lecture fee from Bayer Healthcare outside the submitted work;. CN reports honoraria for lectures and participation in clinical trials from Actelion, Bayer/MSD, Novartis, speaker honoraria from Boehringer, Astra Zeneca, Berlin Chemie and participation in clinical trials from GSK, United Therapeutics outside the submitted work. CF nothing to disclose. EB nothing to disclose. EG received advisory board member and speaker honoraria from Actelion, Bayer/MSD, GSK, United Therapeutics, Novartis, Pfizer, OrphaSwiss GmbH outside the submitted work.
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