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Faculty Disclosure Faculty Disclosure In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, course directors, planning committees, faculty and all others in control of the educational content of the CME activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest that they or their spouse/partner may have had within the past 12 months. If an individual refuses to disclose relevant financial relationships, they will be disqualified from being a part of the planning and implementation of this CME activity. Owners and/or employees of a commercial interest with business lines or products relating to the content of the CME activity will not be permitted to participate in the planning or execution of any accredited activity. Nature of Relevant Financial Relationship Last Name Commercial Interest What Was Received For What Role Ali Amgen Honorarium Speakers Bureau Andrey None N/A N/A Bhangoo None N/A N/A Bollin None N/A N/A Carey Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Grants Research Support AbbVie Inc., AstraZeneca, Clovis Oncology, Esperance Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Gateway Foundation Genentech/Roche, Janssen Biotech Inc., Merck, V Foundation for Cancer Grants Clinical Trail Research Honorarium, Travel Advisory Board Coleman Expenses Co‐Director of GOG Abbvie Inc., AstraZenca, Bayer Stipend Partners HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Clovis Oncology, Esperance Pharmaceuticals, Genentech/Roche, Janssen Biotech Inc., Merck GOG‐Foundation ‐ NRG Costantini None N/A N/A AbbVie Inc., Bayer, Bessor Pharmaceutical, Daiichi‐Sankyo, EMD‐ Serono, Erasca Pharmaceuticals. Epizyme, Janssen, Loxo Oncology, Mirati Therapeutics, Novartis, Pfizer , Consulting Fees Consultant PharmaMar, Polaris Pharmaceuticals, Demetri Grants Research Support Roche (acquired Ignyta), Sanofi, WIRB Consulting Fees Advisory Board Copernicus Group, ZioPharm Adaptimmune, GlaxoSmithKline Blueprint Medicines, Caris Life Sciences, Champions Oncology, G 1 Therapeutics, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Aspen Pharmacare, Boehringer Honorarium/Consulti Advisory Board Ingelheim, Laboratoires Servier ng Fees Consultant Janssen Biotech Inc., Sanofi Consulting Fees Douketis Speakers Bureau Leo Pharma, Pfizer Honorarium Author/Editor The Merck Manual, Up‐To‐Date Royalties CME Reviewer Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Honorarium Dyrbye Communication Wiring Specialists, Inc. Royalties Co‐Inventor Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Amgen, Prothena Corp, WebMD Consultant Amgen, Celgene, Janssen, Johnson & Consulting Fees Speaker Johnson, Medscape, Pharmacyclics, Honorarium Protocol Physicians Education Resource, Honorarium Development Gertz Research to Practice Grants Advisory Board Appellees, Annexon Grants Investigator Janssen, Spectrum Honorarium Drug Safety Amyloidosis Foundation, International Monitoring Board Waldenstrom Foundation AbbVie Inc. Consulting Fees, Advisory Board, Blueprint Medicines, Deciphera, Incyte, Gotlib Grants, Honorarium, Clinical Trail, Travel Novartis Research Support Expenses Graham None N/A N/A Gromes BTG PLC Consulting Fees Consutlant Audro Biotech, Bristol‐Myers Squibb, Halozyme, Inc, Rafael Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Roche Honorarium Advisory Board Hecht AbbVie Inc., Advaxis, Amgen, Forty Grants Research Support Seven Inc., Halozyme, Inc., Merck, Novartis Stock Opitons Advisory Board Caris Life Sciences Salary Advisory Board Caris Life Sciences, WCG Oncology Heimberger Royalty/Liscencing Licensed Intellectual Celldex Therapeutics Fees Property Merck Research Grant Principle Investigator AbbVie Inc., Adaptimmune, Array BioPharma, Apexigen, AstraZeneca, BerGenBio, Boehringer Ingelheim, Checkpoint Therapeutics, EMD Serono, Genentech/Roche, Genmab, G1 Therapeutics, Dynavax, Hengrui Research Grant Therapeutics, Janssen, Lilly, Lycera, Grants Consultant/Advisory Johnson Merck, Daiichi, Mirati Therapeutics, Honorarium Board Neovia, Novartis, Pfizer, Regeneron, Fees Contract Lobbyist Sanofi, Sanky, Stemcentrix, Syndax, (Spouse) Tarveda Celgene, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech/Roche, LOXO, Mirati, Sanofi Astellas, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals (Spouse) AbbVie Inc., Agios Amgen, Ariad, Astex, Bristol‐Myers Squibb, Cyclacel, Daiichi‐ Sankyo, Immunogen, Jazz, Novartis, Research Grants Research Kantarjain Pfizer, Honorarium Speakers Bureau AbbVie, Actinium, Agios Amgen, Immunoggen, Orsinex, Pfizer, Takeda Kelton None N/A N/A Amgen, EMD Serono Inc., Genentech, Grants Research Support Kosty Merck & Co. Consulting Fees Consultant Biocept Inc. Lin None N/A N/A Lopez None N/A N/A CSL Behring, HEMA Biologics, Novo Honorarium Advisory Board Nordisk, Shire Ma Research Funding Principle Investigator Shire Consulting Fees Consulting Accordant Genentech, Gilead/Kite, Oncopeptides, Honorarium Advisory Board Mahindra Amgen, Janssen, Sanofi Honorarium Speakers Bureau Moll Janssen, Diagnostica Stago, Grifols Honorarium Consultant Astellas, AstraZeneca, Sanofi Consulting Fees Consultant Morgans Astellas, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Janssen, Honorarium Advisory Board Bayer, Genentech AbbVie Inc., Arog Astellas, Diiachi Sankyo, Consulting/ Consulting Fees Perl AbbVie Inc., Agios, Arog, Astellas, Committees Honorarium Diiachi Jass Pharmaceuticals, New Link Advisory Board Genetics, Novartis, Sankyo, Takeda Prasad None N/A N/A Reeves Incyte Honorarium Advisory Board Samuelson‐Bannow None N/A N/A Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Celgene, Gilead Sciences, Incyte, Takeda Speaker & Advisory Saven Honorarium Oncology,AbbVie, Pharmacyclics, Board Seattle Genetics Shpall None N/A N/A Celgene Honorarium Speakers Bureau Sigal Genentech, Molecular Response Honorarium Advisory Board Sinclair None N/A N/A Srinivas None N/A N/A Stanton None N/A N/A Bristol Meyers‐Squibb, Merck, Research Grants Investigator Svoboda Pharmacyclics, Seattle Genetics Honorarium Advisory Board Kite, Kyown Kirin, Pharmacyclics Torrey None N/A N/A Towle None N/A N/A Vanbuskirk None N/A N/A WL Gore Research Grants Research Warkentin Octapharma Bayer , WL Gore, Law firms Consulting Fees Consultant AbbVie Inc., Acerta Pharma, LLC, Cyclacel, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Juno Therapeutics, Weirda Karyopharm, KITE Pharma, Loxo Grant Funding Research Oncology, Miragen, Novartis, Oncternal Therapeutics, Pharmacyclics LLC., Sunesis, Xencor Bristol‐Myers Squibb, Celgene, Westin Genentech, Gilead, Janssen, Merck, Grant Funding Research Novartis AstraZeneca, Celgene, Genentech, Advisory Xavier Gilead Sciences Inc., Incyte, Seattle Honorarium Board/Speaker Genetics, Takeda CME Review None N/A N/A Committee Scripps Conference None N/A N/A Services & CME Faculty Disclosure Glossary of Terms Commercial Interest The ACCME defines a “commercial interest” as any entity producing, marketing, re‐selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests. For more information, visit www.accme.org. Financial Relationships Financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner. Relevant Financial Relationships ACCME focuses on financial relationships with commercial interests in the 12‐month period preceding the time that the individual is being asked to assume a role controlling content of the CME activity. ACCME has not set a minimal dollar amount for relationships to be significant. Inherent in any amount is the incentive to maintain or increase the value of the relationship. The ACCME defines “’relevant’ financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. Conflict of Interest Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of a commercial interest with which he/she has a financial relationship. .
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