The authors meet criteria for authorship as recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Writing assistance was provided by Tanya Chaudry of GeoMed, an Ashfield company, part of UDG Healthcare plc, which was contracted and funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BIPI). BIPI was given the opportunity to review the manuscript for medical and scientific accuracy as well as intellectual property considerations.Conflict of interest: L. Richeldi reports grants and personal fees from InterMune, personal fees from Sanofi-Aventis, Roche, ImmuneWorks, Shionogi, Boehringer Ingelheim, Celgene, Nitto, Fibrogen, Promedior, Bristol Myers Squibb and DynaMed, outside the submitted work. F. Varone reports personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim and Hoffmann-La Roche, outside the submitted work. M. Bergna received research grants from Novartis, GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche, AstraZeneca and Sanofi, and advisory and investigator fees from GSK, AstraZeneca and Novartis. J. de Andrade reports grants from NIH/NHLBI, grants and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim and Genentech, and grants from Fibrogen and GBT, outside the submitted work. J. Falk has nothing to disclose. R. Hallowell has nothing to disclose. S. Jouneau reports grants from AIRB, Boehringer Ingelheim, LVL, Novartis and Roche, and personal fees from Actelion, AIRB, AstraZeneca, BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GSK, LVL, Mundipharma, Novartis, Pfizer and Roche, outside the submitted work. Y. Kondoh reports personal lecture fees from Boehringer Ingelheim Co. which is relevant to the presentation work. Y. Kondoh also reports advisory board fees and personal fees from Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp., Ltd, and personal fees from Eisai Inc., Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Novartis Pharma K.K., Shionogi & Co., Ltd and Teijin Pharma Ltd outside the submitted work. L. Morrow reports grants from Boehringer Ingelheim and Genentech, outside the submitted work. W. Randerath reports nonfinancial support from Boehringer, during the conduct of the study; and grants from Boehringer Ingelheim and Roche Pharma, outside the submitted work. M. Strek reports grants from Boehringer and Roche; and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, outside the submitted work. G. Tabaj has nothing to disclose.
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Acknowledgements: The authors meet criteria for authorship as recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Writing assistance was provided by Tanya Chaudry of GeoMed, an Ashfield company, part of UDG Healthcare plc, which was contracted and funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BIPI). BIPI was given the opportunity to review the manuscript for medical and scientific accuracy as well as intellectual property considerations.
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Conflict of interest: L. Richeldi reports grants and personal fees from InterMune, personal fees from Sanofi-Aventis, Roche, ImmuneWorks, Shionogi, Boehringer Ingelheim, Celgene, Nitto, Fibrogen, Promedior, Bristol Myers Squibb and DynaMed, outside the submitted work. F. Varone reports personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim and Hoffmann-La Roche, outside the submitted work. M. Bergna received research grants from Novartis, GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche, AstraZeneca and Sanofi, and advisory and investigator fees from GSK, AstraZeneca and Novartis. J. de Andrade reports grants from NIH/NHLBI, grants and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim and Genentech, and grants from Fibrogen and GBT, outside the submitted work. J. Falk has nothing to disclose. R. Hallowell has nothing to disclose. S. Jouneau reports grants from AIRB, Boehringer Ingelheim, LVL, Novartis and Roche, and personal fees from Actelion, AIRB, AstraZeneca, BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GSK, LVL, Mundipharma, Novartis, Pfizer and Roche, outside the submitted work. Y. Kondoh reports personal lecture fees from Boehringer Ingelheim Co. which is relevant to the presentation work. Y. Kondoh also reports advisory board fees and personal fees from Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp., Ltd, and personal fees from Eisai Inc., Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Novartis Pharma K.K., Shionogi & Co., Ltd and Teijin Pharma Ltd outside the submitted work. L. Morrow reports grants from Boehringer Ingelheim and Genentech, outside the submitted work. W. Randerath reports nonfinancial support from Boehringer, during the conduct of the study; and grants from Boehringer Ingelheim and Roche Pharma, outside the submitted work. M. Strek reports grants from Boehringer and Roche; and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, outside the submitted work. G. Tabaj has nothing to disclose.