Conflict of interest declaration: Esther Pogatzki-Zahn

This submission is more than 12 months old!

Updated on: 27 April 2022

Roles in: Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Group

1. In the past 36 months have you accepted the following from a commercial organisation with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?

a) Support for attending meetings, including sabbaticals and study tours (this covers travel, accommodation and/or hospitality)?
No

b) Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speaker bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events?
Yes - E.P.-Z. received honoraria from Grunenthal and Novartis for lectures. All money went to the institutions (WWU/UKM) E.P.-Z. is working for.

c) Fees for organising education?
No

d) Grants and contracts?
Yes - E.P.-Z. received financial support from Grunenthal for research activities. All money goes to the institutions (WWU/UKM) E.P.-Z. is working for.

e) Funds for a member of staff?
Yes - E.P.-Z. received financial support from Grunenthal for research activities (staff). All money goes to the institutions (WWU/UKM) E.P.-Z. is working for.

f) Fees for consulting?
No

g) Royalty or licences payments?
No

h) Payment for expert testimony?
No

i) Payment for a fellowship?
No

j) Payment for participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board, Advisory Board, or Guideline Panel?
Yes - E.P.-Z. received honoraria from Grunenthal for advisory board activities. All money went to the institutions (WWU/UKM) E.P.-Z. is working for.

k) Payment for a leadership or other fiduciary role in other board, society, committee, or advocacy group?
No

2. In the past 36 months have you, your spouse/partner or an immediate family member been employed by or do you or they own a commercial organization with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

3. Do you own stocks or shares in a commercial organization with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

4. Do you hold any patents (planned, issued or pending) for products relevant to the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

5. Do you have any other competing interests (financial or non-financial)?
Yes - Non-financial: E.P.-Z. is council member of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), board member (scribe) of the German Pain Society, Chair of the Acute Pain SIG of the IASP, past chair of the subcommittee Acute and Chronic Pain and Palliative Medicine Pain Management of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC), member of the research committee of the ESAIC and member of the ESRA-prospect group (https://esraeurope.org/pain-management/). E.P.-Z. is Deputy Editor in Chief for the European Journal of Anaesthesiology.