Abstract

F Maltais reports financial support from Boehringer Ingelheim during the conduct of the study and, outside of the submitted work, financial support from Boehringer Ingelheim and GlaxoSmithKline for attendance at advisory boards, financial support from Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Novartis for speaking activities, and research support from Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Nycomed and Novartis.

E Pizzichini has nothing to disclose.

L Grönke and F Voß are employees of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG.

E Derom, outside of the submitted work, reports financial support from Boehringer Ingelheim, Actelion, AstraZeneca and Cipla for consultancy work, financial support from Chiesi, AstraZeneca and CSL Behring for advisory board attendance, and research support from Boehringer Ingelheim and GlaxoSmithKline.