Three cases of non-carryover fingolimod-PML
Is the risk in Japan increased?
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- Received October 10, 2018
- Accepted in final form February 19, 2019
- First Published April 10, 2019.
Author Disclosures
- Jin Nakahara, MD, PhD*,
- Laura Tomaske, MD, PhD*,
- Kodai Kume, MD, PhD*,
- Tadayuki Takata, MD,
- Masaki Kamada, MD, PhD,
- Kazushi Deguchi, MD, PhD,
- Kenji Kufukihara, MD,
- Ruth Schneider, MD, PhD,
- Ralf Gold, MD, PhD and
- Ilya Ayzenberg, MD, PhD
- Jin Nakahara, MD, PhD*,
(1) Biogen, (2) Eisai, (3) Mitsubishi-Tanabe, (4) Novartis
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(1) Alexion, (2) Astellas, (3) Biogen, (4) Daiichi-Sankyo, (5) Eisai, (6) Fujimoto Pharma, (7) JB, (8) Mitsubishi-Tanabe, (9) Novartis, (10) Takeda
(1) Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Associate Editor, 2018-present
(1) Medicinal compositions containing Fc receptor γ chain activator
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(1) Astellas, (2) Biogen, (3) Boehringer-Ingelheim, (4) Daiichi-Sankyo, (5) Eisai, (6) Kyowa-Kirin, (7) Mitsubishi-Tanabe, (8) Otsuka, (9) Pfizer, (10) Shionogi, (11) Sumitomo Dainippon, (12) UCB
(1) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 18K07508, PI, 2018- 2022
(1) Keio University
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- Laura Tomaske, MD, PhD*,
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(1) Commercial, travel grant from Boehringer Ingelheim
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- Kodai Kume, MD, PhD*,
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- Tadayuki Takata, MD,
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- Masaki Kamada, MD, PhD,
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- Kazushi Deguchi, MD, PhD,
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- Kenji Kufukihara, MD,
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- Ruth Schneider, MD, PhD,
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- Ralf Gold, MD, PhD and
(1) TEVA Laquinimod DSMB
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Speaker honoraria from Biogen, Genzyme, TEVA, Merckserono, BayerSchering,Celgene, Novartis
SAGE Journal, Aktuelle Neurologie, Experimental Neurology
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- Ilya Ayzenberg, MD, PhD
1. Participation in the local scientific advisory boards in Germany, organized by Roche Pharma. 2. Participation in the local scientific advisory board organized by Merck.
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1. Travel grant from Biogen Idec (Ectrims symposium 2017). 2. Speaker honoraria from Santhera Pharmaceuticals for the local educational seminar in Hamm, Germany in September 2018.
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.N., K. Kufukihara), Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo; Department of Neurology (L.T., R.S., R.G., I.A.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology (K. Kume, T.T., M.K., K.D.), Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine, Japan; and Department of Neurology (I.A.), Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
- Correspondence
Dr. Ayzenberg ilya.ayzenberg{at}rub.de
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