Demyelinating Events Following Initiation of Anti-TNFα Therapy in the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Registry in Rheumatoid Arthritis
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- Received January 5, 2021
- Accepted in final form February 22, 2021
- First Published April 16, 2021.
Author Disclosures
- Thomas R.P. Taylor, MBChB (thomasrptaylor{at}gmail.com),
- James Galloway, MRCP, PhD,
- Rebecca Davies, MSc (rdatherapy{at}gmail.com),
- Kimme Hyrich, FRCPC, PhD (kimme.hyrich{at}manchester.ac.uk) and
- Ruth Dobson, MRCP, PhD
- Thomas R.P. Taylor, MBChB (thomasrptaylor{at}gmail.com),
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Non-profit entity: Isaac Schapera Trust research grant to support academic research for academic foundation doctors - 00A31000.
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- James Galloway, MRCP, PhD,
(1) Imperial College London, DSMB chair for trial studying biologic therapies in COVID (non-commercial study) (2) Abbvie, SAB (3) Gilead, SAB (4) Sanofi, SAB
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(1) Abbvie, speaker fees (2) Chugai, speaker fees (3) Celgene, speaker fees (4) Gilead, speaker fees (5) Janssen, speaker fees (6) Lilly, speaker fees (7) Novartis, speaker fees (8) Pfizer, speaker fees (9) Roche, speaker fees (10) Sobi, speaker fees (11) UCB, speaker fees
(1) Rheumatology, Deputy editor, >10 years (2) Journal of Rheumatology, Editorial advisory board, 1 year
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- Rebecca Davies, MSc (rdatherapy{at}gmail.com),
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- Kimme Hyrich, FRCPC, PhD (kimme.hyrich{at}manchester.ac.uk) and
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Abbvie - speaker's fees
Guest editor for Rheumatology supplement on Real World Data 2019; Associate Editor - Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (2020-) Not compensated.
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UptoDate - Anti-TNF and Malignancy (2018-)
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BMS - research support unrelated to the current study Pfizer - research support unrelated to the current study
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British Society for Rheumatology - research support for the BSRBR-RA database (paid to my university). Versus Arthritis (Grant code 21755) - research support for the Centre for Epidemiology (paid to my university)
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- Ruth Dobson, MRCP, PhD
(1) Merck advisory board (2) Biogen advisory board (3) Roche advisory board (4) Roche steering committee
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(1) Biogen Idec, speaker honoraria (2) Teva, speaker honoraria (3) Neurology Academy, speaker honoraria (4) Sanofi Genzyme, attendance at educational meeting (5) Northern Connections MS meeting, speaker honoraria (6) Janssen, speaker honoraria (7) Merck, speaker honoraria
(1) Frontiers in Neurology - guest editor 2021
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(1) Biogen (2) Merck (3) Celgene
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(1) Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London
(1) I am currently funded by a grant from Barts Charity (2) Current funding from MS Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (3) Current funding from Horne Family Trust (4) MS Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland/Association of British Neurologists funded my previous position as a Clinical Research Fellow
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- From the Preventive Neurology Unit (T.R.P.T., K.H., R. Dobson), Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Centre for Rheumatic Diseases (J.G.), King's College London; Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis (R. Davies, K.H.), The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester; National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (K.H.), Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester; and Department of Neurology (R. Dobson), Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
- Correspondence
Dr. Dobson ruth.dobson{at}qmul.ac.uk
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