Declaration of interest
James D. Chalmers currently holds research grants from Aradigm Corporation, AstraZeneca, Bayer Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, European Union Innovative Medicines Initiative, GlaxoSmithKline, Insmed, Medical Research Council, Pfizer, Polyphor, Scottish Government, and Wellcome Trust. He has received fees for consultancy or speaking from AstraZeneca, Bayer Healthcare, Chiesi, Grifols, Napp, and Pfizer.
Editorial assistance was provided by Content Ed Net (Madrid, Spain) with funding from Grifols SA (Barcelona Spain).