| dc.description.sponsorship | Tomas Kalincik served on scientific advisory boards for Roche, Genzyme, Novartis, Merck and Biogen, has received conference travel support and/or speaker honoraria from WebMD Global, Novartis, Biogen, Sanofi, Genzyme, Teva, BioCSL and Merck and has received research support from Biogen.; Lukas Sobisek received research fellowship from Novartis and long term institutional support for research activities from the Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, University of Economics, Prague.; Dana Horakova received speaker honoraria and consulting fees from Biogen, Merck Serono, Teva and Novartis, as well as support for research activities from Biogen and research grants from Charles University in Prague (PRVOUK-P26/LF1/4 and Czech Ministry of Health (NT13237-4/2012).; Eva Havrdova received speaker honoraria and consultant fees from Biogen, Merck Serono, Novartis, Genzyme and Teva, as well as support for research activities from Biogen, Merck Serono and research grants from Charles University in Prague (PRVOUK-P26/LF1/4 and Czech Ministry of Health (NT13237-4/2012).; Alessandra Lugaresi is a Bayer, Biogen, Genzyme, Merck Advisory Board Member. She received travel grants and honoraria from Bayer, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Sanofi, Teva and Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla (FISM). Her institution received research grants from Bayer, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Sanofi, Teva and Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla (FISM). Alexandre Prat did not declare any competing interests.; Marc Girard received consulting fees from Teva Canada Innovation, Biogen, Novartis and Genzyme Sanofi; lecture payments from Teva Canada Innovation, Novartis and EMD Serono. He has also received a research grant from Canadian Institutes of Health Research.; Pierre Duquette served on editorial boards and has been supported to attend meetings by EMDSerono, Biogen, Novartis, Genzyme, and TEVA Neuroscience. He holds grants from the CIHR and the MS Society of Canada and has received funding for investigator-initiated trials from Biogen, Novartis, and Genzyme.; Raymond Hupperts received honoraria as consultant on scientific advisory boards from Merck-Serono, Biogen, Genzyme-Sanofi and Teva, research funding from Merck-Serono and Biogen, and speaker honoraria from Sanofi-Genzyme and Novartis.; Francois Grand'Maison received honoraria or research funding from Biogen, Genzyme, Novartis, Teva Neurosciences, Mitsubishi and ONO Pharmaceuticals.; Eugenio Pucci served on scientific advisory boards for Merck Serono, Genzyme and Biogen; he has received honoraria and travel grants from Sanofi Aventis, UCB, Lundbeck, Novartis, Bayer Schering, Biogen, Merck Serono, Genzyme and Teva; he has received travel grants and equipment from "Associazione Marchigiana Sclerosi Multipla e altre malattie neurologiche". | en_US |