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I chair a Data Monitoring Committee in relation to a clinical trial of an anti-dementia drug sponsored by Servier, France. I receive remuneration for this.

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Woodhouse, K. Treating older people. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 69 (Suppl 1), 53–57 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-013-1489-5

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