Lewis, Sandy
Wray, Sibyl E.
Evans, Emily
Romano, Carla
Bartolome, Lauren
Su, Wendy
Shah, Roshani
Russo, Patricia A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Article History
Received: 14 April 2021
Accepted: 9 July 2021
First Online: 14 August 2021
Funding
: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: RTI Health Solutions received funding under a research contract with Novartis Pharmaceuticals to conduct this study and provide publication support in the form of manuscript writing, styling, and submission. Novartis Pharmaceuticals funded the journal’s Rapid Service Fee.
: The authors thank Brian Samsell of RTI Health Solutions for medical writing assistance. Novartis Pharmaceuticals provided funding for publication support in the form of manuscript writing, styling, and submission.
: All named authors meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria for authorship for this article, take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, and have given their approval for this version to be published.
: All authors declare that they have made a significant contribution to the work reported, whether that is in the conception, study design, execution, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation, or in all these areas; have drafted or written, or substantially revised or critically reviewed the article; have agreed on the journal to which the article will be submitted; have reviewed and agreed on all versions of the article before submission, during revision, the final version accepted for publication, and any significant changes introduced at the proofing stage; and agree to take responsibility and be accountable for the contents of the article.
: Wendy Su is a Novartis Pharmaceuticals employee. Roshani Shah and Patricia A. Russo were employees of Novartis at the time the work was completed. Lauren Bartolome was a post-doc fellow at Thomas Jefferson University providing services to Novartis at the time of this research. Sibyl E. Wray is a paid consultant for Novartis Pharmaceuticals but did not receive compensation for participation in this study. Sandy Lewis and Carla Romano are employees of RTI Health Solutions, an independent nonprofit research organization that does work for government agencies and pharmaceutical companies. Emily Evans was an employee of RTI Health Solutions at the time the work was completed.
: The interview component of this study was approved by the RTI Institutional Review Board (Federal-Wide Assurance #3331). This study was performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964, and its later amendments. Individuals meeting eligibility criteria provided written informed consent for participation. Participants provided written informed consent for publication of study results.
: Data are available upon reasonable request to the corresponding author.