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- Published online December 15, 2013.
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- Vivian P. Bykerk,
- Nancy Shadick,
- Michelle Frits,
- Clifton O. Bingham III,
- Iain Jeffery,
- Christine Iannaccone,
- Michael Weinblatt and
- Daniel H. Solomon
- From the Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical School, New York, New York; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
The BRASS Cohort Study was designed and implemented by the investigators and financially supported by Biogen/Idec, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Medimmune Crescendo Biosciences. Dr. Bykerk has received research grants and/or served as a consultant to Abbott Laboratories, Amgen, Astellas, Antares, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Janssen Biotech, Pfizer, Roche/Genentech, and UCB not related to this study. Dr. Shadick has received research funding from Crescendo Biosciences, Medimmune, Amgen, Genentech, and Abbott. Dr. Bingham has received research grants and/or served as a consultant to Abbott, Amgen, BMS, Celgene, Genentech/Roche, Janssen/Johnson and Johnson/Centocor, Pfizer, and UCB. Dr. Weinblatt has received funding for BRASS from Biogen/Idec, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Medimmune Crescendo Bioscience and serves as a consultant to them. Dr. Solomon has received research grants from Amgen and Lilly for work unrelated to this article. He has also served in unpaid roles on trials sponsored by Novartis, Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Lilly.
V.P. Bykerk, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical School; N. Shadick, MD, MPH; M. Frits, BA, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University; I. Jeffery, D.O. Candidate, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine; C. Iannaccone, MPH; M. Weinblatt, MD; D.H. Solomon, MD, MPH, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Address correspondence to Dr. V.P. Bykerk, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St., New York, New York 10021, USA. E-mail: bykerkv@hss.edu.
Accepted for publication September 27, 2013.