Pediatric multiple sclerosis
Escalation and emerging treatments
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- Received August 19, 2015
- Accepted in final form February 18, 2016
- First Published August 29, 2016.
Author Disclosures
- Tanuja Chitnis, MD,
- Angelo Ghezzi, MD,
- Barbara Bajer-Kornek, MD,
- Alexey Boyko, DSc,
- Gavin Giovannoni, PhD, FRCP and
- Daniela Pohl, MD, PhD
- Tanuja Chitnis, MD,
Dr. Chitnis has served on clinical trial advisory boards for Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and Genzyme-Sanofi.
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Dr. Chitnis has served as a one-time consultant for Biogen-Idec, Novartis, Genzyme-Sanofi and Genentech-Roche.
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Dr. Chitnis receives research support from (1) EMD-Serono, (2) Novartis, (3) Biogen in the form of Independent Investigator Awards.
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Dr. Chitnis receives research support from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Peabody Foundation, the Consortium for MS Centers and the Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation.
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- Angelo Ghezzi, MD,
Merck-Serono, advisory board of a trial in pediatric MS. Biogen, advisory board of a trial in pediatric MS
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Multiple Sclerosis International, no compensation
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Merck Serono, speaker in a scientific meeting Biogen Idec, speaker in a scientific meeting Novartis, speaker in a scientific meeting Genzyme, speaker in a scientific meeting Teva, speaker in a scientific meeting
Novartis, consulting activity Biogen, consulting activity
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- Barbara Bajer-Kornek, MD,
Bayer-Schering, Genzyme, Merck-Serono, TEVA Aventis, Novartis.
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Travel honoraraia and honoraria for speaking from Bayer-Schering, Merck-Serono, TEVA Aventis, Genzyme, Biogen, Novartis
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- Alexey Boyko, DSc,
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Received honorarium as a speaker for Novartis, TEVA, Baeyr\Shcering, Sanofi\Genzyme and others.
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- Gavin Giovannoni, PhD, FRCP and
(1)Biogen-Idec (2) Fiveprime (3) Genzyme (4) GW Pharma (5) Ironwood (6) Merck-Serono (7) Novartis (8) Roche (9) Sanofi-Aventis (10) Synthon BV (11) Teva (12) Vertex Pharmaceuticals (13) Abbvie (14) Canbex
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Speaker honoraria: (1)Biogen-Idec (2) Genzyme (3) GW Pharma (4) Merck-Serono (5) Novartis (6) Roche (7) Teva
(1) Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, Editor since 2011
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(1)Biogen-Idec (2) Fiveprime (3) Genzyme (4) GW Pharma (5) Ironwood (6) Merck-Serono (7) Novartis (8) Roche (9) Sanofi-Aventis (10) Synthon BV (11) Teva (12) Vertex Pharmaceuticals (13) Abbvie (14) Canbex
(1) Novartis (2) Teva
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Genzyme 2012-2014 Merck 2012-2014
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- Daniela Pohl, MD, PhD
(1) Biogen-Idec (2) Novartis (3) Sanofi (4) Merck-Serono
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(1) EAN: Funding for travel (2) LACTRIMS: Funding for travel
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- From Partners Pediatric MS Center (T.C.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Divisione di Neurologia 2–Centro Studi Sclerosi Multipla (A.G.), Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; Department of Neurology (B.B.-K.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medical Genetics (A.B.), Pirogov's Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow; Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (G.G.), London, UK; and Department of Neurology (D.P.), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Canada.
- Correspondence to Dr. Chitnis: tchitnis{at}partners.org
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