The financial contribution of the multiple sclerosis specialist
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- Received December 3, 2016
- Accepted February 8, 2017
- First Published May 10, 2017.
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Author Disclosures
- Joseph R. Berger, MD
- Joseph R. Berger, MD
Dr. Berger has served as a consultant and/or on the PML adjudication committees of Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eisai, Janssen, Parexel, and Pfizer. He also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of NeuVir and ExcisionBio.
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Dr. Berger has received honoraria from Prime Education and the MS Foundation for lectures.
Dr. Berger serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Neurovirology, serves as an editorial board member of ISRN Education, Neuroscience, World Journal of Rheumatology and MS and other related disorders
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Portegies P, Berger JR (Editors): HIV/AIDS and the Nervous System. In Vinken PJ, Bruyn G (Editors): Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Volume 85; Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2007.
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Dr. Berger has served on a consultant to Alcimed, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Biogen, Eisai, EMD Serono, Forward Pharmaceuticals, Genentech/Roche, Genzyme, Inhibikase, Millenium/Takeda, Novartis, Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer, and Sanofi Aventis.
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joseph.berger{at}uphs.upenn.edu
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- LETTER #1 RE: The financial contribution of the multiple sclerosis specialist
- James N Goldenberg, MD, Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches, Atlantis, FL[email protected]
Submitted August 16, 2017 - LETTER #2 RE: The financial contribution of the multiple sclerosis specialist
- Josh Torgovnick, MD, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY[email protected]
Submitted August 16, 2017 - AUTHOR RESPONSE: The financial contribution of the multiple sclerosis specialist
- Joseph R. Berger, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia[email protected]
Submitted August 16, 2017
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