John Coggon

John Coggon

Competing interests

1) Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of this paper (or any paper likely to be under consideration of the Journal’s ethics committee)?

a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium?

No

b) A fee for speaking?

No

c) A fee for organising education?

No

d) Funds for research?

No

e) Funds for a member of staff?

No

f) Fees for consulting?

No

2) Have you in the past five years been employed by an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of this paper (or any paper likely to be under consideration of the Journal’s ethics committee)?

No (other than possibly indirectly, as leading research Universities in the UK)

3) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of this paper (or any paper likely to be under consideration of the Journal’s ethics committee)?

No

4) Have you acted as an expert witness on the subject of your study, review, editorial, or letter?

No

5) Do you have any other competing financial interests. If so, please specify.

No

Competing interests statement

If, as is unlikely, a conflict of interest presents itself in the course of my work with the committee, I will disclose this. I do not have other interests to declare.



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