Yokote, Koutaro
Yamashita, Shizuya
Arai, Hidenori
Araki, Eiichi
Matsushita, Mitsunori
Nojima, Toshiaki
Suganami, Hideki
Ishibashi, Shun
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kowa Company Ltd.
Article History
Received: 26 January 2021
Accepted: 27 April 2021
First Online: 4 May 2021
Declarations
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: This pooled analysis was approved by the Ethics Committee of Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine. The sub-studies that constitute this study were approved by the institutional review boards at their respective study sites, and written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: KY has received personal fees and grants from Kowa Company, Ltd., MSD K.K., Astellas Pharma Inc., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Pfizer Japan Inc., Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd., Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., and Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., personal fees from Amgen K.K., Sanofi K.K., AstraZeneca K.K., Novartis Pharma K.K., Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., and Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K., grants from Kao Corporation, Teijin Pharma Limited, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., and Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd, and holds an endowed chair funded by MSD K.K. SY has received personal fees and grants from MSD K.K., personal fees from Kowa Company, Ltd., Amgen K.K., and Sanofi K.K., and grants from Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd., Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Astellas Pharma Inc., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Hitachi Chemical Diagnostics Systems Co., Ltd., and Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. HA has received personal fees from Sanofi K.K., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Astellas Pharma Inc., MSD K.K., Abbott Japan LLC, Kowa Company, Ltd., Amgen K.K., Pfizer Japan Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and UCB Japan Co. Ltd. EA has received personal fees and grants from Kowa Company, Ltd., Sanofi K.K., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., and Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd., personal fees from AstraZeneca K.K., MSD K.K., and Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., grants from Astellas Pharma Inc., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Novartis Pharma K.K., Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd., and Pfizer Japan Inc., and holds an endowed chair funded by MSD K.K., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Terumo Corporation. MM, TN, and HS are employees of Kowa Company, Ltd. SI has received personal fees from Kowa Company, Ltd., and grants from Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.