Lou-Meda, Randall http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1520-8715
Stiller, Brigitte
Antonio, Zenaida L.
Zielinska, Ewa
Yap, Hui-Kim
Kang, Hee Gyung
Tan, Monique
Glazer, Robert D.
Valentin, Michele A.
Wang, Linda
Funding for this research was provided by:
Novartis Pharma AG
Article History
Received: 18 November 2017
Revised: 28 September 2018
Accepted: 5 October 2018
First Online: 5 November 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: RLM has participated as principal investigator in this study funded by Novartis Pharma AG. BS, ZA, EZ, HKY and HGK declare they do not have any conflict of interest. MT, RG and MAV are employees of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and have ownership in Novartis stock. LW is an employee of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.