Patient engagement and patient support programs in allergy immunotherapy: a call to action for improving long-term adherence

Competing interests

Pascal Demoly is a consultant and a speaker for Stallergenes, Circassia, ALK and Chiesi and was a speaker for Merck, Astra Zeneca, Pierre Fabre Médicaments, Menarini, Allergopharma and GlaxoSmithKline in 2010–2015. Giovanni Passalacqua is a consultant and speaker for Stallergenes, Lofarma, and has been a speaker for Allergopharma, ALK-Abellò, Chiesi, Novartis, GSK. Oliver Pfaar has received research grants for his institution from ALK Abello (Germany/Denmark), Allergopharma (Germany), Stallergenes (Germany/France), HAL Allergy (Germany/the Netherlands), Artu Biologicals (the Netherlands), Allergy Therapeutics/Bencard (UK/Germany), Hartington (Spain), Lofarma (Italy, Germany), Novartis/Leti (Germany/Spain), GlaxoSmithKline (UK/Germany), Essex Pharma (Germany), Cytos (Switzerland), Curalogic (Denmark), Roxall (Germany), Biomay (Austria), Nuvo (Germany), Circassia (UK), European Union (FP-7 Health-2013 Innovation 1), Biotech Tools s.a. (Belgium). He has received personal fees as speaker or as investigator or as consultant for Allergy Therapeutics/Bencard (UK/Germany), HAL Allergy (Germany, the Netherlands), Hartington (Spain), Lofarma (Italy, Germany), Novartis/Leti (Germany/Spain), MEDA (Germany), ALK Abello (Germany/Denmark), Allergopharma (Germany), Anergis (CH), Biotech Tools s.a. (Belgium), GfK Bridgehead (UK), Navigant Consulting (USA), Sanofi (USA), Roxall (Germany), Guidepoint Global Advisors (USA), MCX/GA2LEN (Germany), Thermo Fisher (Germany), Pohl-Boskamp (Germany), GEKA mbh (Germany) and Stallergenes (Germany/France). He has received fees for development of educational presentations from GlaxoSmithKline (Germany), Bencard (Germany), and Novartis (Germany). He is the current chairman of the Immunotherapy Interest Group (IT IG) of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) and the secretary of the ENT section of the German Society for Allergology and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI). Joaquín Sastre reports having served as a consultant to Thermofisher, MSD, Novartis, Gennetech, Sanofi, Leti, Roche, FAES FARMA, and GSK; having been paid lecture fees by Novartis, GSK, Stallergenes, LETI and FAES FARMA; as well as having received grant support for research from Thermofisher, GSK, and ALK-Abello. Ulrich Wahn has received consulting fees from Stallergenes Merck, Allergopharma, Danone, Hipp and Novartis, honoraria for lectures from ALK, Allergy Therapeutics, Stallergenes, Allergopharma, Nestle, Nutricia, Novartis, MSD and LETI, and research funding from Stallergenes.