| dc.description.sponsorship | Tim Spelman received compensation for serving on scientific advisory boards, honoraria for consultancy and funding for travel from Biogen Inc; speaker honoraria from Novartis.; Tomas Kalincik received compensation for conference travel and speaker honoraria from Novartis, Biogen Idec, Genzyme, Sanofi Aventis, Teva, BioCSL and Merck Serono and served on advisory boards for Novartis, Merck Serono and Biogen.; Maria Trojano received honoraria for consultancy and/or speaking from Biogen Idec, Genzyme-Sanofi, Merck Serono, Novartis, and Roche; research grants from Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Novartis, and Teva.; Francois Grand- Maison received an honorarium for organizing a CME event for Biogen Idec in 2013 and received consultation fees from Biogen Idec as well as from Novartis and Genzyme in 2013 and 2014.; Guillermo Izquierdo received consulting fees from Bayer Schering, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Novartis, Sanofi, and Teva.; Eva Havrdova received speaker honoraria and consultant fees from Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Novartis, Genzyme and Teva, as well as support for research activities from Biogen Idec and Merck Serono.; Dana Horakova received speaker honoraria and consultant fees from Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Novartis, Genzyme and Teva, as well as support for research activities from Biogen Idec and Merck Serono.; Alessandra Lugaresi was a Bayer, Biogen, Genzyme, Merck Serono, Novartis Advisory Board Member. She received travel grants and honoraria from Bayer, Biogen, Merck Serono, Novartis, Sanofi, Teva and Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla, her Institution received research grants from Bayer, Biogen, Merck Serono, Novartis, Sanofi, Teva and Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla.; Pierre Duquette has received honoraria for organising CME events and has obtained funding to attend meetings from Biogen Idec, EMD Serono, TEVA Neuroscience, Novartis, and Genzyme, has received funding for investigator-initiated trials with Biogen Idec, EMD Serono and Novartis, and has received peer-review funding from CIHR and from the MS Society of Canada.; Pierre Grammond is a Novartis, Teva-neuroscience, Biogen Idec advisory board member, consultant for Merck Serono, received payments for lectures by Merck Serono, Teva-Neuroscience and Canadian Multiple sclerosis society, and received grants for travel from Teva-Neuroscience and Novartis.; Raymond Hupperts received honoraria as consultant on scientific advisory boards from Merck-Serono, Biogen-Idec, Genzyme-Sanofi and Teva, research funding from Merck-Serono and Biogen-Idec, and speaker honoraria from Sanofi-Genzyme.; Jeannette Lechner-Scott has accepted travel compensation from Novartis, Biogen and Merck Serono. Her institution receives the honoraria for talks and advisory board commitment and also clinic support from Bayer Health Care, Biogen, CSL, Genzyme Sanofi, Merck Serono, Novartis and TEVA.; Murat Terzi received travel grants from Merck Serono, Novartis, Bayer-Schering, Merck-Serono and Teva; has participated in clinical trials by Sanofi Aventis, Roche and Novartis.; Eugenio Pucci served on scientific advisory boards for Genzyme, Novartis and Biogen-Idec; he has received honoraria and travel grants from Sanofi Aventis, Novartis, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Genzyme and Teva; he has received travel grants from Associazione Marchigiana Sclerosi Multipla e altre malattie neurologiche.; Vincent Van Pesch has received travel grants and honoraria for consultancy or lectures from Bayer-Schering, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Novartis Pharma, Sanofi-Aventis and Teva; Helmut Butzkueven received compensation for serving on scientific advisory boards and as a consultant for Biogen Idec and Novartis; speaker honoraria from Biogen Idec Australia, Merck Serono Australia, and Novartis Australia; travel support from Biogen Idec Australia and Merck Serono Australia; research support from CASS Foundation (Australia), Merck Serono Australia, the Royal Melbourne Hospital. | en_US |