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Conflict of interest: Dr. Z. KERMANI has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Pavlidis has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Xie has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Sun has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Loza reports other from Janssen R&D, outside the submitted work;.
Conflict of interest: F. Baribaud reports that he is an employee and share holder of Janssen R&D, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Fowler reports grants from IMI, during the conduct of the study; personal fees from GlaxoSmithKline, personal fees from AstraZeneca, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, personal fees from Novartis, outside the submitted work;.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Shaw reports personal fees from GSK, personal fees from AstraZeneca, personal fees from Teva, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, outside the submitted work;.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Fleming reports personal fees from Advisory Board membership, grants for research, personal fees from payments for lectures, outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Howarth reports Part time employment by GSK as Global Medical Expert.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Sousa has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Miss Corfield has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. AUFFRAY has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. De Muelder has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Sterk reports grants from Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), during the conduct of the study;.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Guo has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Uddin reports he is an employee of AstraZeneca and holds shares in the company.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Djukanovic reports personal fees from TEVA, grants and personal fees from Novartis, and personal fees and other support from Synairgen outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Adcock reports personal fees from Advisory Board membership, grants from Grants, personal fees from Payments for lectures, outside the submitted work;.
Conflict of interest: KFC has received honoraria for participating on Advisory Board meetings of GSK, AZ, Novartis, Merck, BI , Roche and TEVA regarding treatments for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Clean Breathing Institute supported by GSK Health Care Consumer Products. He has also been renumerated for speaking engagements by AZ, Novartis and Merck.
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- Received May 17, 2020.
- Accepted August 27, 2020.
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