Klünder, Ben
Mohamed, Mohamed-Eslam F.
Othman, Ahmed A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
AbbVie
Article History
First Online: 26 October 2017
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The studies were sponsored by AbbVie. AbbVie contributed to the study design, research, and interpretation of data, and the writing, review, and approval of the publication. Medical writing support was provided by Therese Stickler under contract with AbbVie.
: Drs. Klünder, Mohamed, and Othman are employees and shareholders of AbbVie.
: The studies were conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice guidelines and the ethical principles that have their origin in the Declaration of Helsinki. The protocols and informed consent forms were approved by the Institutional Review Board at each site.
: All participants provided written informed consent before any study-related procedures were performed.