About the Authors
- Shinji Okabayashi
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Gilaad G. Kaplan
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* E-mail: ggkaplan@ucalgary.ca
Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Competing Interests
I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: G.G.K. has received honoraria for speaking or consultancy from AbbVie, Janssen, Pfizer, Amgen, and Takeda. He has received research support from Ferring, Janssen, AbbVie, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, and Shire. He has been a consultant for Gilead. He shares ownership of a patent: Treatment of Inflammatory Disorders, Autoimmune Disease, and PBC. UTI Limited Partnership, assignee. Patent WO2019046959A1. PCT/CA2018/051098, 7 Sept., 2018. S.O. received speaking fees for invited lectures from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma and Mochida Pharmaceutical, and consulting fees from EA Pharma.