How to diagnose and manage hepatic encephalopathy: a consensus statement on roles and responsibilities beyond the liver specialist.

"Conflicts of interest Debbie L. Shawcross has served as a speaker, consultant and an advisory board member for Norgine and has received research funding from Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), The Wellcome Trust, The European Foundation for Alcohol Research (ERAB), The Royal Society, The Foundation for Liver Research, and Norgine. Arthur A. Dunk has received an honorarium from Norgine. Rajiv Jalan has received an honorarium for speaking from 4C Consultants/Norgine, has served as a consultant for Grifols Inc., Ocera Therapeutics and Conatus, and has received research funding from Grifols Inc., Ocera Therapeutics Inc., Sequana Medical AG and Norgine BV. Gerald Kircheis serves on the Speaker’s Bureau for Merz Pharmaceuticals and Norgine and is a joint patent holder for a bedside Critical Flicker Frequency Analyser. Robert J. de Knegt has received an honorarium for speaking or consulting from AbbVie, BMS, Gilead, Janssen-Cilag, Medtronic, Merck/Schering-Plough, Norgine and Roche, and has received research grants from BMS, Janssen-Cilag, Medtronic and Roche. Wim Laleman has served as a consultant to Norgine, Gilead, MSD, Roche, Gore and BMS. John K. Ramage has received an honorarium from Norgine. Heiner Wedemeyer has received honoraria for speaking or consulting from Abbott, Achillon, Abbvie, BMS, Gilead, Eiger, Janssen, Merck, Novartis, Roche and Transgene, has received honoraria from Falk and 4C Consultants/Norgine, and received research support from Roche, BMS, Novartis, Roche Diagnostics and Abbott. Ian E.J. Morgan is a director of 4C Consultants International, which has received funding from Norgine."

"The Delphi process was supported by an independent grant from Norgine. Norgine had no input into the development of these consensus statements, nor in this publication."