Monoclonal antibody treatment during pregnancy and/or lactation in women with MS or neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
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- Received January 24, 2020
- Accepted in final form March 19, 2020
- First Published April 23, 2020.
Author Disclosures
- Andrea Ines Ciplea,
- Annette Langer-Gould, MD, PhD,
- Annick de Vries, PhD,
- Tiny Schaap, BSc,
- Sandra Thiel, PhD,
- Marius Ringelstein, MD,
- Ralf Gold, MD and
- Kerstin Hellwig, MD
- Andrea Ines Ciplea,
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(1) Sanofi-Genzyme, funding for travel(2) Teva, funding for travel(3) Novartis, funding for travel(4) Bayer Healthcare, speaker honoraria
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- Annette Langer-Gould, MD, PhD,
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My husband, Michael Gould, serves as the Deputy Editor for Annals of the American Thoracic Society for the past 2.5 years
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I am a voting panel member of California Technology Assessment Forum, a core program of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) and have served as expert evaluator for ICER's evaluation of MS DMTs. ICER has paid for my travel for the round table meetings.
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My husband currently receives grant support from the NIH, PCORI and NCI
I received grant support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH NINDS RO1) and currently an award from PCORI
I received grant and contract support from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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- Annick de Vries, PhD,
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- Tiny Schaap, BSc,
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- Sandra Thiel, PhD,
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Bayer Healthcare, speaker honoraria
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- Marius Ringelstein, MD,
1. Roche Pharma GmbH, served on a national scientific advisory board.
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1. Novartis, funding for speaking at a conference. 2. Ipsen, funding for speaking at a conference. 3. Bayer Healthcare, funding for travel to a conference. 4. Biogen Idec, funding for travel to a conference. 5. Genzyme, funding for travel to a conference. 6. TEVA, funding for travel to a conference. 7. Merz, funding for travel to a conference. 8. Merck, funding for travel to a conference.
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- Ralf Gold, MD and
(1) TEVA Laquinimod DSMB
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Speaker honoraria from Biogen, Genzyme, TEVA, Merckserono, BayerSchering,Celgene, Novartis
SAGE Journal TAND, Experimental Neurology
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From Roche From Merck From Bayer
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- Kerstin Hellwig, MD
(1) Novartis (2) Genzyme (3) Teva (4) Merck (5) Roche
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(1) Biogen, funding for travel (2) Novartis, funding for travel (3) Merck, funding for travel (4) Biogen Idec Germany, speaker honoraria (5) Teva, speaker honoraria (6) Sanofi Genzyme, speaker honoraria (7) Novartis, speaker honoraria (8) Bayer Healthcare, speaker honoraria (9) Merck Serono, speaker honoraria (10) Roche, speaker honoraria
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Honoraria from Biogen, Bayer Healthcare, Teva, Sanofi, Merck and Novartis
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Biogen, Bayer Healthcare, Teva, Merck, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme and Novartis
(1) Fund of the Federal Joint Committee
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- From the Department of Neurology (A.I.C., S.T., R.G., K.H.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum; Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy (A.I.C.), Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany; Southern California Permanente Medical Group/Kaiser Permanente (A.L.-G.), Los Angeles Medical Center, Neurology Department, Los Angeles, CA; Sanquin Diagnostic Services (A.V., T.S.), Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University; and Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
- Correspondence
Dr. Hellwig k.hellwig{at}klinikum-bochum.de
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