Ingrasciotta, Ylenia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9549-6111
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Belleudi, Valeria
Trotta, Francesco
Addis, Antonio
Fontana, Andrea
Chinellato, Alessandro
Ientile, Valentina
Tari, Daniele Ugo
Roberto, Giuseppe
Pastorello, Maurizio
Scondotto, Salvatore
Cananzi, Pasquale
Traversa, Giuseppe
Davoli, Marina
Rossi, Mariangela
Trifirò, Gianluca http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1147-7296
Funding for this research was provided by:
Italian Ministry of Health (RF- 2010-2320172)
Article History
First Online: 8 October 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: This study was conducted in the context of the finalized research project “Assessment of Short and Long Term Risk–Benefit Profile of Biologics through Healthcare Database Network in Italy” (RF-2010-2320172), which was funded by the Italian Health Ministry. The financial assistance was used to access and analyze data from different partners.
: Gianluca Trifirò declares his participation in advisory boards on biosimilars, organized by Sandoz and Hospira; furthermore, he coordinates a pharmacoepidemiology research team at the University of Messina, which receives research grants for projects that are not related to the topic of the paper. Ylenia Ingrasciotta, Valeria Belleudi, Francesco Trotta, Antonio Addis, Andrea Fontana, Alessandro Chinellato, Valentina Ientile, Daniele Ugo Tari, Giuseppe Roberto, Maurizio Pastorello, Salvatore Scondotto, Pasquale Cananzi, Giuseppe Traversa, Marina Davoli, and Mariangela Rossi declare that they have no conflicts of interest that might be relevant to the contents of this study.
: This study was conducted in the context of the “Assessment of Short and Long Term Risk–Benefit Profile of Biologics through Healthcare Database Network in Italy” project, funded by the Italian Ministry of Health. The study protocol was notified to the Ethical Committee of the Academic Hospital of Messina [CitationRef removed], according to the current national law. The manuscript does not contain clinical studies or patient data. For this type of study formal consent is not required.