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CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS
This page provides the conflict of interest statements provided by the members of the Board of Directors of the Society. The individual statements are linked to the Board member name in the list of Board Members, and are organised on this page alphabetically.The list of Board members can be seen at http://www.issfal.org.uk/board-of-directors.html
Tom Brenna conducts research and gives lectures on fatty acid nutrition
sponsored by private companies involved in the development, manufacture, and
sale of nutritional products and their fat components.
Calder, Philip:
I currently have no research funding from
industry but in the past I have received funding from Unilever and from Pronova.
I receive speaking fees from Solvay Healthcare, B. Braun Melsungen, Fresenius
Kabi and Baxter Healthcare. I am a consultant for Vifor Pharma, Mead Johnson
Nutritionals, and Danone Research Centre for Specialised Nutrition
Susan E. Carlson is a member of an advisory board and has given talks for
companies that make products for pregnant and lactating women and for infants
and children that contain DHA and ARA.
No conflicts of interest.
Michel Lagarde has been consulted by companies that market fatty
acid-based nutrients.
Berthold Koletzko and his
research group have been involved in scientific collaborations with Abbott,
Ardeypharm, Baxter, B. Braun, Biovitrum, Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation,
Cognis, Dairy Goat Cooperative, Danone,
Fresenius-Kabi, Fronterra, JHeimbach LLC, Hipp, Martek, Merck Selbstmedikation, Nestlé,
Orafti, Ordesa, Pharmaton, Unilever, Vifor,
and Wyeth, in part through European Commission funded research projects.
Rice, Ray:
Ray Rice is retained as an adviser to Seven Seas Ltd, and the Seafish Industy Authority.
Salem, Norman:
Dr.
Norman Salem, Jr is an employee of Martek Biosciences Corporation, a company
whose main business is the manufacture and sale of essential fatty acids such as
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA). Martek sells fatty acids
to makers of infant formulas, to food and beverage companies and also makes
products for the supplement market.
Visioli, Francesco:
Francesco Visioli consults for NBF Lanes, which markets fatty acid-based
nutraceuticals.
Von Schacky, Clemens:
My research in the omega-3 fatty acid field has been funded by government
agencies and research foundations, other research by a large number of
pharmaceutical companies. I give talks for Solvay and other companies marketing
Omega-3 fatty acid containing products in several countries. In January 2007, I
founded Omegametrix in Martinsried, close to Munich, Germany. This company
offers the measurement of blood fatty acid levels, in order to make standardized assessment of
the omega-3 index available to researchers, clinicians and the general
population.
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