Long-term Efficacy of Satralizumab in AQP4-IgG–Seropositive Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder From SAkuraSky and SAkuraStar
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- Received February 28, 2022
- Accepted in final form October 12, 2022
- First Published December 8, 2022.
Author Disclosures
- Ingo Kleiter, MD,
- Anthony Traboulsee, MD,
- Jacqueline Palace, DM,
- Takashi Yamamura, MD,
- Kazuo Fujihara, MD,
- Albert Saiz, MD,
- Adil Javed, MD,
- David Mayes, MChem,
- H-Christian von Büdingen, MD, PhD,
- Gaelle Klingelschmitt, PhD,
- Daniela Stokmaier, PhD and
- Jeffrey L. Bennett, MD, PhD
- Ingo Kleiter, MD,
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Alexion, Biogen, Celgene, Horizon, Merck, Roche
BMC Neurology, associate editor, since 2018<br><br>Neuroimmunology Reports, editorial board member, since 2020<br><br>Frontiers in Neurology, associate editor, since 2022<br><br>Frontiers in immunology, associate editor, since 2022
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Alexion, Almirall, Biogen, Celgene, Hexal, Horizon, Merck, Roche
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- Anthony Traboulsee, MD,
1. Sanofi Genzyme (commercial)<br><br>2. Hoffman la Roche (commercial)
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1. Sanofi Genzyme (commercial)<br><br>2. Biogen (commercial)<br><br>3. Hoffman la Roche (commercial)<br><br>4. Novartis (commercial)<br><br>5. Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (non profit)
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(1) Hoffman la Roche (commercial)<br><br>(2) Sanofi Genzyme (commercial)
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(1) Hoffman la Roche, <br><br>(2) Clene<br><br>(3) Sanofi Genzyme<br><br>(4) Abbott
(1) Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Principal Investigator 2019 ongoing
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Hilton Foundation
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- Jacqueline Palace, DM,
1) Merck Serono <br>2) Roche <br>3) ARGENX <br>4) Novartis <br>5) UCB <br>6) Alexion <br>7)Janssen<br>8) Sanofi
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All commercial (speakers/meetings honorarium last two <br>years)<br>1) Roche <br>2) Alexion <br>3) Chugai
Lancet Neurology editorial advisorry committee member
ISIS Innovation Ltd. To protect for the use of<br>metabolomics as a method to diagnose and stage disease in<br>multiple sclerosis. Patent ref P37347WO and licence <br>agreement Numares multimarker MS diagnostics
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Amplo
Please see 3 (speaker/meetings)
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All commercial (support for research)<br>1) Amplo <br>2) UCB<br>3) Alexion<br>4)Medimmune
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Grant for research:<br>1) Multiple Sclerosis Society<br>4) SPARKS Great Ormond Street
Astra Zenica shares
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Patent ref P37347WO and licence agreement Numares <br>multimarker MS diagnostics
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- Takashi Yamamura, MD,
1)Biogen Japan (2) Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (3) Takeda <br>Pharamaceutical Co.
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(1) Novartis Pharma (2) Nihon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.,<br>(3) Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., (4) Abbott Japan Co.,<br>Ltd./Eisai Co., Ltd., (5) Biogen Japan, (6) Dainippon<br>Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., (7) Bayer Holding Ltd., (8)<br>Astellas Pharma Inc. (9) Takeda Pharamaceutical Co.<br>(10) Mitsubishi-Tanabe Pharma Co., Ltd. (11) Alexion Pharma
Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Editor, since 2010
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(1) Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., (2) Chugai<br>Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., (3) Teva Pharmaceutical K.K.,<br>(4) Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, (5) Asahi Kasei<br>Kuraray Medical CO., Ltd.<br>(6) Novartis Pharma
(1) Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, the<br>Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants <br>on Intractable Diseases (Neuroimmunological Diseases),<br>investigator, since 2010.
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- Kazuo Fujihara, MD,
Serves on scientific advisory boards for Biogen, <br>Mitsubishi-Tanabe, Novartis, Roche/Chugai, Alexion, <br>VielaBio/Horizon Therapeutics, UCB, Abbvie and Japan Tobacco.
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has received funding for travel or speaker honoraria <br>from Roche/Chugai, Biogen, Novartis, Alexion, Teijin, <br>Mitsubishi-Tanabe, AsahiKasei Medical, Merck, Eisai,and <br>Takeda.
Serve as an editorial board member of Clinical and <br>Experimental Neuroimmunology (2009-present), Frontiers in <br>Neurology (2017-present), Neurology: Neuroimmunology and <br>Neuroinflammation (2018-present), Multiple Sclerosis (2019-<br>present), Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders (2020-<br>present) and Neuroimmunology Reports (2021-present) and <br>advisory board member of Sri Lanka journal of Neurology.
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funded as the investigator by the Grants-in-Aid for <br>Scientific Research from the Ministry of Health, Welfare <br>and Labor of Japan (2010–present).
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- Albert Saiz, MD,
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compensation for consulting services and speaker <br>honoraria from Merck-Serono, Biogen-Idec, Sanofi, Novartis, <br>Roche, Alexion, Janssen, and Horizon Therapeutics
Editorial advisory borad member: Neurol Neuroimmunol <br>Neuroinflamm
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- Adil Javed, MD,
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Dr. Javed has been a consultant for Biogen, BMS, Serono, <br>Horizon, and Genentech.
Dr. Javed serves on the speaker's bureau for Biogen, BMS, <br>Serono, Horizon Therapeutics, and Genentech.
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- David Mayes, MChem,
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Employee of ApotheCom, London, UK, who received funding from <br>F. Hoffman-La Roche for medical writing assistance.
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- H-Christian von Büdingen, MD, PhD,
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(1) F. Hoffmann La-Roche, Basel, Switzerland, various <br>positions, since 2016
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F. Hoffmann-La Roche, since 2016<b
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- Gaelle Klingelschmitt, PhD,
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employee of F.Hoffmann-La Roche LTD
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- Daniela Stokmaier, PhD and
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Roche, Senior Clinical Scientist, 7 years
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- Jeffrey L. Bennett, MD, PhD
(1) Alexion (2) Roche (3) IMCYSE SA (4) Genentech (5) Horizon Therapeutics (6) <br>TG Therapeutics (7) EMD Serono
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1) Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of <br><br>Neuromyelitis Optica; novel blocking monoclonal therapy <br><br>for neuromyelitis optica: US Patent: 10,654,916
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(1) Reistone-Bio. (2) Horizon Therapeutics, (3) Chugai Pharma USA, (4) <br>Mitsubishi Tanabe, (5) Alexion Pharmaceuticals, (6) Genentech, (7) Roche, (8) <br>Antigenomycs, (9) EMD Serono, (10) Beigene<br>Speakers' Bureaus: <br>(1) Alexion Pharmaceuticals
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(1) Clene Nanomedicine, data safety monitoring board, (2) Roche, data safety <br>monitoring board
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(1) Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, (2) Novartis, (3) Alexion
(1) National Institutes of Health, R01NS115488, R01EY022936, R21EY032399, <br>Principal investigator, 2020-2022
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(1) Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation
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(1) Aquaporumab, rights for future royalty payments
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- From the Ruhr University Bochum (I.K.), Bochum, Germany, and Marianne-Strauß-Klinik, Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke gGmbH, Berg, Germany; University of British Columbia (A.T.), Vancouver, Canada; John Radcliffe Hospital (J.P.), Oxford, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neuroscience (T.Y.), National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan; Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine (K.F.), Japan; Service of Neurology (A.S.), Hospital Clinic and Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Spain; University of Chicago Department of Neurology (A.J.), IL; ApotheCom (D.M.), London, United Kingdom; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (H.-C.B., G.K., D.S.), Basel, Switzerland; and Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology (J.L.B.), Programs in Neuroscience and Immunology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
- Correspondence
Dr. Kleiter ingo.kleiter{at}ms-klinik.de
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