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Article History

Accepted: 29 October 2024

First Online: 28 November 2024

Declarations

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: This study was sponsored by Pfizer. Medical writing support was funded by Pfizer.

: Joanne Wu, Nana Koram, Kofi Asomaning and Edward Nagy are employees and stockholders of Pfizer Inc. Lubna Merchant is an employee of Pfizer Inc. Robert Massouh is a former employee and current stockholder of Pfizer Inc, and an employee and current stockholder of GSK. Subhan Khalid, Laura Walsh, Rafia Bosan and Krystal Cantos are employees of IQVIA, who were paid contractors to Pfizer in the development of this article and in providing statistical support.

: Independent ethics committee/institutional review board review was not required in any of the study countries and a waiver was received from a German independent ethics committee. All prescribers who chose to participate provided written informed consent.

: Not applicable.

: Not applicable.

: Upon request, and subject to review, Pfizer will provide the data that support the findings of this study. Subject to certain criteria, conditions and exceptions, Pfizer may also provide access to the related individual de-identified participant data. See for more information.

: Not applicable.

: KA, RM and LW conceived/designed the study. JW, KA, LW, RB and KC acquired the data. JW, NK, LM, EN, SK, LW, RB and KC analysed the data. JW, NK, KA, LM, RM, EN, SK, LW, RB and KC interpreted the data. All authors drafted the work or revised it critically for important intellectual content, gave final approval of the version to be published, and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.