Surmann, Bastian http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1655-0907
Witte, Julian http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2075-323X
Batram, Manuel http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4445-965X
Criée, Carl Peter
Hermann, Christiane http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5969-2898
Leischker, Andreas
Schelling, Jörg http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5872-2335
Steinmüller, Mirko
Wahle, Klaus
Heiseke, Alexander F.
Marijic, Pavo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6321-7296
Funding for this research was provided by:
GSK, Munich
Article History
Received: 17 September 2023
Accepted: 20 December 2023
First Online: 31 January 2024
Declarations
:
: Julian Witte and Manuel Batram own shares of Vandage GmbH. Vandage received funding from GSK to perform the study related to this manuscript. Vandage received payments from GSK, Janssen-Cilag GmbH, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Viatris, Seqirus GmbH, MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH and consulting fees and grants from AOK Rheinland/Hamburg, BARMER, DAK-Gesundheit, German G-BA, and Techniker Krankenkasse. Jörg Schelling declares receiving consulting fees and payments or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers’ bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events from Sanofi-Pasteur, GSK, MSD, Pfizer, Seqirus, Moderna, Biontech, AstraZeneca, Bavarian Nordic, Takeda and Novavax in the past 36 months. Jörg Schelling also declares participating on advisory boards for the companies listed above. Jörg Schelling has also received support for attending meetings and/or travel from Pfizer. Mirko Steinmüller declares having participated in an advisory board organized by GSK in relation with the current manuscript. Mirko Steinmüller also declares receiving payments or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers’ bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events and support for attending meetings and/or travel from GSK, Pfizer, MSD and Seqirus. Mirko Steinmüller participated in advisory boards organized by the companies listed above. Andreas Leischker declares receiving honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers’ bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events from Sanofi-Pasteur, GSK, Takeda, Pfizer Vaccines, participating in an advisory board organized by Pfizer Vaccines, Sanofi-Pasteur and GSK and receiving funding from GSK to participate in an expert meeting in Potsdam. Christiane Hermann declares having served on an advisory board organized by GSK and receiving fees for that. Alexander Heiseke and Pavo Marijic are employees of GSK. Alexander Heiseke holds stock options from GSK. Bastian Surmann is an employee of Vandage and participated in advisory boards on behalf of Vandage. Carl Peter Criée and Klaus Wahle declare no financial or non-financial relationships and activities and no conflicts of interest. Bastian Surmann, Julian Witte, Manuel Batram, Christiane Hermann, Andreas Leischker, Jörg Schelling, Mirko Steinmüller, Alexander Heiseke and Pavo Marijic declare no other financial or non-financial relationships and activities and no other conflicts of interest.
: The analysis was based on secondary claims data and, as such, the consultation of an ethics committee was not required. This study was performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and its later amendments.