Nakatoh, Shinichi
Fujimori, Kenji
Ishii, Shigeyuki
Tamaki, Junko
Okimoto, Nobukazu
Ogawa, Sumito
Iki, Masayuki
Article History
Received: 10 March 2021
Accepted: 20 July 2021
First Online: 13 September 2021
Declarations
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: The study was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kindai University Faculty of Medicine (approval number: 31–065).
: S. Nakatoh received payments for lectures, including speakers’ bureau fees, from Asahi-Kasei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Pfizer Japan Inc.; Ltd.; Amgen K.K.; Astellas Pharma Inc.; and Teijin Pharma Ltd. N. Okimoto received consulting fees from Asahi-Kasei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Teijin Pharma Ltd. N. O received payments for lectures, including speakers’ bureau fees, from Asahi-Kasei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Amgen Astellas BioPharma K.K.; Astellas Pharma Inc.; Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.; Daiichi-Sankyo Co. Ltd.; Eisai Co., Ltd.; Eli Lilly Japan.; and Teijin Pharma Ltd. The other authors have no conflict of interest.
: The data in this study were completely anonymous. All data used in our analysis were de-identified by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and this study followed the guidelines of the Ministry of Information Security. Thus, informed consent was not required.