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Article History

Accepted: 6 March 2024

First Online: 10 August 2024

Declarations

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: This study was sponsored by Pfizer.

: Katsuyuki Fukutake has received honoraria from and/or served as a member of an advisory board or speakers’ bureau for Bayer Yakuhin, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Fujimoto Pharmaceutical, Pfizer Japan Inc., Sanofi, CellGenTech and Takeda. Masato Bingo has received honoraria or research funding from and/or served as a member of an advisory board or speakers’ bureau for Bayer Yakuhin, Chugai Pharmaceutical, KM Biologics, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer Japan Inc., Sanofi and Takeda. Kanae Togo, Linghua Xu and Toshiyuki Karumori are employees of Pfizer Japan Inc. and may own stock/options in the company. José Maria Jimenez Alvir is an employee of Pfizer Inc. and may own stock/options in the company. Ian Winburn is an employee of Pfizer Ltd and may own stock/options in the company.

: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, but restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under license for the current study, and so are not publicly available. Data may however be available from the authors upon reasonable request and with permission of Medical Data Vision Co., Ltd, Tokyo.

: Not applicable.

: This study was conducted in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements in Japan. It used anonymized claims data with no personal patient information included and, as per Japanese Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects, review by an institutional review board or ethics committee was not required.

: Not applicable.

: Not applicable.

: M.B., K.F., K.T., L.X. and T.K. were responsible for the study concept and design. M.B., K.F., K.T., L.X., J.M.J.A., I.W. and T.K. had full access to the data and were responsible for data interpretation. All authors contributed to the drafting, critical review and revision of the manuscript, with the support of medical writers provided by Pfizer Inc. All authors have read and approved the final submitted manuscript and agree to be accountable for the work.