Abatacept and non-melanoma skin cancer in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a comprehensive evaluation of randomised controlled trials and observational studies.

"Competing interests: TS was an employee of and shareholder in Bristol Myers Squibb (at the time of the analysis; former employee at present). LD, VK, AD and MAM are employees of and shareholders in Bristol Myers Squibb. SS reports advisory board involvement, speaker fees and grant/research support from AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Novartis. KM reports grant/research support from Rheumatology Research Foundation. MH is an employee of the University of Maryland School of Medicine (full time) and US Department of Veterans Affairs (part time); reports consultancy fees and advisory board involvement from Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Kolon TissueGene, Inc, Novartis, Pfizer, Samumed and Theralogix; is a member of the Data Safety Monitoring Committee for Galapagos, Roche, and IQVIA; reports royalties from Elsevier and UpToDate; reports stock ownership in BriOri Biotech and Theralogix; and is president of Rheumcon. MB reports consultancy fees from Novartis. JA reports grant/research support from AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Galapagos, Merck, Pfizer, Roche, Samsung Bioepis, Sanofi and UCB for ARTIS. AS reports speaker fees from AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celltrion, Lilly, Merck, Pfizer and Roche."

"Funding: This study was sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb."