Emad Shash: advisory boards/consultancy/speaker’s bureau engagements with Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Clinart MENA, Genomics, Genetics, GSK, Hikma, EVA Pharma, Janssen, Lilly, MSD, Mundipharma, Newbridge Pharmaceutical, Novartis, Pfizer, Pierre Fabre, Roche, Sandoz. Travel Grants received from Boehringer Ingelheim, Hikma, Janssen, Lilly, MSD, Mundipharma, Novartis, Pfizer, and Roche. Participated in clinical trials sponsored by AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Pfizer, and Roche.

Fatma Bektash, Mona Elhosary, and Asmaa El-Sayed: engaged in paid workshop activity by Roche.

Disclosure for other authors: no other relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.