Belimumab use during pregnancy: a summary of birth defects and pregnancy loss from belimumab clinical trials, a pregnancy registry and postmarketing reports.

"Competing interests: KG, MKh, RAL, AL, RM, MBC, KW, JHNH, HQ, PJ and DAR are employees of GSK and hold shares in the company. KG is a previous employee of Novartis and holds shares in the company. At the time of the study, MKu, PM and JMP were employees of GSK and hold shares in the company. MP received grant support from GSK and is a member of the BPR Scientific Advisory Committee. HL received royalties/licences from UpToDate Inc (Wolters Kluwer Health), has received consulting fees from AMAG Pharmaceuticals and is a member of the BPR Scientific Advisory Committee. KS is employed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to assist GSK with research. HT is a member of the BPR Scientific Advisory Committee and a GSK retiree. MEBC received grants from GSK and UCB, and acted as a consultant to GSK and UCB. RAL is the guarantor."

"Funding: This summary (GSK Study BEL201182) and the BPR (GSK Study BEL114256; NCT01532310) were funded by GSK."