Ask the Experts: Rheumatology
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Expert Panel
Robert I. Fox, MD, PhD, Chief, Rheumatology Clinic, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California
Robert I. Fox, MD, PhD, has disclosed that he has served as an advisor for Allergan. Dr. Fox has also disclosed that he has received grants for educational activities from Daiichi and Roche.
Stephen A. Paget, MD, FACP, FACR, Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY; Physician-in-Chief, Chairman, Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Disclosure: Stephen A. Paget, MD, has disclosed that he has served as a consultant for Abbott, Amgen, Genentech, Pfizer, and Medarex.
Lee S. Simon, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard School of Medicine, West Newton, Massachusetts
Lee S. Simon, MD, has disclosed that he has served as a consultant for AAIPharma, Abbott, Abraxxis, Acusphere, Affinergy, Alder, Alimera Sciences, AlphaRx, Altea Therapeutics, Anesiva, Antigenics, AstraZeneca, AVANIR, Bayer, BioCryst, BioSense, CaloSyn, Cellegy, Cell Therapeutics, Cerimon, Chelsea, ChemoCentryx, Coley, CombinatoRx, Cure, Cypress, DiObex, Dr. Reddy's, Extera, EyeGate, Fidelity, Forest, Genelabs, Genzyme, GPC-Biotech, Hisamatsu, IDM, Jazz, LAB Pharma, Leerink Swann, Luxor, McKesson, MedImmune, Millennium, Neuromed, NicOx, Nitec, Nomura, Novartis, Nuvo/Dimethaid, Omeros, Paraexel, Pfizer, PLx Pharma, Polymerix, Procter & Gamble, ProEthic, Proprius, Purdue, PureTech Development, PureTech Ventures, Regeneron, Rigel, Roche, Savient, Sepracor, Serono, Schwarz, SNBL, SkyePharma, Solace, Takeda, Talagen, TAP, Teva, TiGenix, White Mountain Pharma, Wyeth, and Zydus.