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Dr. Laupacis receives honoraria as a member of a data safety monitoring board for studies of 2 drugs for MS funded by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Coauthor Jodie Burton, MD, has received unrestricted educational support and honoraria for speaking and educational engagements from Teva Neuroscience Canada, EMD Serono, and Biogen Idec Canada. The other authors of the Canadian Medical Association Journal article have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. Dr. Fox has served as a consultant for Avanir, Biogen Idec, Genentech, and Novartis; has served on clinical trial advisory committees for Biogen Idec; has received research support from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, which includes funding to study CCSVI; and serves on the editorial boards of Neurology and Multiple Sclerosis Journal. The authors of the Expert Reviews on Neurotherapeutics article have declared that their CCSVI studies were supported with internal resources of the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, Baird MS Center, and Jacobs Neurological Institute, University of Buffalo. In addition, they received support from the Direct MS Foundation, Kaleida-Health, Volcano, Ev3, Codman, the Jacquemin Foundation, the Bronfman Foundation, and smaller donors. Dr. Zivadinov received personal compensation from Teva Neuroscience, Biogen Idec, EMD Serono, and Questcor Pharmaceuticals for speaking and consultancy fees. He received financial support for research activities from Biogen Idec, Teva Neuroscience, Genzyme, Bracco, Questcor Pharmaceuticals, and EMD Serono. Disclosures for other coauthors appear in the paper.

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funding for research from Direct MS Foundation...would not be a "conflict" in my opinion