Takahashi, Hiroshi
Kubono, Shinichi
Taneyama, Takehiko
Kuramoto, Kiyotoshi
Mizutani, Hideki
Tanaka, Noriko
Yoshida, Masaki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Article History
First Online: 3 January 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The survey was conducted through funding from Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
: Hiroshi Takahashi, Shinichi Kubono, Takehiko Taneyama, and Kiyotoshi Kuramoto are employees of and hold stock options in Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Hideki Mizutani is an employee of and holds stock options in Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. Noriko Tanaka is an employee of Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. Masaki Yoshida has received grants from Astellas Pharma Inc.; consulting fees from Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.; support for travel to meetings for the study, manuscript preparation and other purposes from Astellas Pharma Inc., Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Inc.; fees for participation in review activities from Astellas Pharma Inc., Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Inc.; payment for writing or reviewing the manuscript from Astellas Pharma Inc., Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Inc.; and payment for lectures, including service on speakers bureaus, from Astellas Pharma Inc., Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Inc.
: The datasets generated and analysed during the current study are not publicly available because our dataset includes identified individual participants data.
: This survey was conducted in accordance with good post-marketing study practice in Japan.
: According to good post-marketing study practice in Japan, informed consent was not required for this post-marketing study. As such, informed consent was not obtained from individual participants included in the study.