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- Désirée van der Heijde,
- Edward C. Keystone,
- Jeffrey R. Curtis,
- Robert B. Landewé,
- Michael H. Schiff,
- Dinesh Khanna,
- Tore K. Kvien,
- Lucian Ionescu,
- Leon M. Gervitz,
- Owen R. Davies,
- Kristel Luijtens and
- Daniel E. Furst
- From the Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Rebecca MacDonald Center for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA; Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam and Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands; Rheumatology Division, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA; Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway; UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium; UCB Pharma, Smyrna, Georgia, USA; and Division of Rheumatology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Supported by UCB Pharma, which sponsored the clinical trial from which the post-hoc analyses were performed. Prof. van der Heijde has received consultant fees from Abbott, Amgen, BMS, Centocor, Chugai, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, UCB Pharma, and Wyeth, and is a member of a Speaker’s Bureau for UCB Pharma. Prof. Keystone has received grants/research support from Abbott, Amgen, AstraZeneca, BMS, Centocor, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Genzyme, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, and UCB Pharma; and has also received consultancy fees from Abbott, AstraZeneca, Biotest, BMS, Centocor, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Genentech, Merck, Nycomed, Pfizer, and UCB Pharma; and has received speaker honoraria from Abbott, BMS, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck, Pfizer, and UCB Pharma. Dr. Curtis has received research grants and/or consulting/honoraria from Amgen, Abbott, UCB Pharma, Pfizer, BMS, Centocor, Genentech/Roche, and CORRONA. He also receives support from the NIH (AR053351) and AHRQ (R01HS018517). Prof. Landewé has served as a consultant for Abbott, Amgen, BMS, Centocor, Pfizer, Roche, Schering-Plough, UCB Pharma, and Wyeth. Prof. Schiff has received grant/research support and has served as a consultant for UCB Pharma. Dr. Khanna serves as a consultant for UCB Pharma and is a member of a Speaker’s Bureau for UCB Pharma; he also receives support from the American College of Rheumatology and NIH/NIAMS. Prof. Kvien has received grant/research support from UCB Pharma, Abbott, BMS, Roche, Schering-Plough, Wyeth, Pfizer, and MSD; and has served as a consultant/speaker for the same companies. Dr. Gervitz is an employee of UCB Pharma and owns shares of UCB Pharma. Prof. Furst has received grant/research support from Abbott, Actelion, Amgen, BMS, Centocor, Genentech, Gilead, GSK, Novartis, Roche, and UCB Pharma; he has served as a consultant for Abbott, Actelion, Amgen, BMS, Centocor, Genentech, Gilead, Novartis, and UCB Pharma; he is a member of a Speaker’s Bureau for Abbott, Actelion, and UCB Pharma (no promotional talks).
D. van der Heijde, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center; E.C. Keystone, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto; J.R. Curtis, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham; R.B. Landewé, MD, PhD, Professor, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam and Atrium Medical Center; M.H. Schiff, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Colorado School of Medicine; D. Khanna, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan; T.K. Kvien, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital; L. Ionescu, MD, UCB Pharma; L.M. Gervitz, PhD, UCB Pharma; O. Davies, PhD, UCB Pharma; K. Luijtens, PhD, UCB Pharma; D.E. Furst, MD, Carl M. Pearson Professor of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, UCLA.
Address correspondence to Prof. D. van der Heijde, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. E-mail: d.vanderheijde@kpnplanet.nl
Accepted for publication March 21, 2012.