Allergen immunotherapy: a practice parameter third update.

Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: L. Cox is a consultant for Genentech/Novartis, Hollister-Stier, and Stallergenes; is a speaker for Novartis; has received research support from Stallergenes; is on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Allergy and Immunology; and is on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Allergenic Product Advisory Committee. H. Nelson is a consultant for Merck and Planet Biopharmaceuticals, is a Data and Safety Monitoring Board member of DBV Technologies, and has received research support from ALK-Abell o. M. Nelson has received research support from the Department of Defense, is a speaker for the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI), and is a member of the FDA’s Advisory Committee on Allergic Products. R.Weber is on the speakers’ bureau for AstraZeneca and Genentech, has received research support from Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline, and is Committee Chair of the ACAAI. D. I. Bernstein is a consultant and on the advisory board for ALK America, is on the advisory board for Merck, and has received research support from Merck and Schering-Plough. J. BlessingMoore is a speaker for Merck-Schering/AstraZeneca, Novartis, TEVA, and Meda Alcon and has received research support from Meda. D. A. Khan is a speaker for AstraZeneca and Merck, has received research support from the Vanberg Family Foundation and the Sellars Family Foundation, is Conjoint Board Review Chair for the ACAAI, and is a past president of the Texas Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society. D. M. Lang is a speaker and consultant for GlaxoSmithKline; is a speaker for AstraZeneca, Merck, TEVA, Sanofi-Aventis, and Genentech/Novartis; and has received research support from Genentech/Novartis. R. A. Nicklas is a fellow for the ACAAI. J. Oppenheimer is a consultant and has provided lectures for AstraZeneca, Merck, and GlaxoSmithKline; and has received research support from AstraZeneca, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, and Genentech. J. M. Portnoy is a speaker for Phadia, Merck, and CSL Behring; has received research support from the USDepartment of Housing and Urban Development; and is a board member of the ACAAI board of regents. S. L. Spector has received research support from Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Schering-Plough, Aventis, Novartis, Pharmaxis, Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Xyzal, Alcon, Centocor, Sepracor, UCB, Amgen, Capnia, and IVAX. S. Tilles is a speaker for Alcon; is on the advisory board for ALK, Ista, Merck, and Stallergenes; has received research support from Alcon, Amgen, Amphastar, Astellas, Boehringer Ingelheim, Ception, Genentech, Icagen, MAP Pharma, MEDA,Merck, Novartis, Roxane, and Sepracor; is Associate Editor of Allergy Watch and Annals of Allergy; and is a task force member for the Joint Task Force for Practice Parameters. D. Wallace is a speaker and advisor for Alcon, is a speaker for Merck and Sanofi-Aventis, and is President-Elect of the ACAAI. The rest of the authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest. Received for publication September 18, 2010; accepted for publication September 23, 2010. Available online December 3, 2010. Reprint requests: Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 50 N Brockway St, #3-3, Palatine, IL 60067. E-mail: [email protected]. 0091-6749/$36.0