Thwaites, Richard
Buchan, Scot
Fullarton, John
Morris, Carole
Grubb, ElizaBeth
Rodgers-Gray, Barry http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2607-7092
Coutts, Jonathan
Funding for this research was provided by:
AbbVie (N/A)
Article History
Received: 30 August 2019
Revised: 30 August 2019
Accepted: 26 December 2019
First Online: 7 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: JC and RT have received research funding and/or compensation as advisor/lecturer from AbbVie. SB, BRG and JF are employees of Strategen. Strategen has received consultancy and research fees from AbbVie for work on this and other projects. CM is an employee of ISD Scotland. ISD Scotland has received research fees from AbbVie for data analysis work on this project. EG is an employee of AbbVie and holds stock in AbbVie.
: The UK National Research Ethic Service confirmed that ethical approval was not required and the ISD Privacy Advisory Committee gave their approval for the study. All data were accessed and analysed using the ISD ‘Safe Haven’ system to ensure anonymity, confidentiality, and security.