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Authors
Zadražil, Zdeněk
Cesneková, Lenka
Kynčl, Jan
Krištúfková, Zuzana
Colombo, Laura
Hadigal, Sanjay
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Viatris
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Article History
Accepted: 27 January 2025
First Online: 2 April 2025
Declarations
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: Not applicable.
: The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: Zdenek Zadrazil, Lenka Cesnekova, Laura Colombo, and Sanjay Hadigal are employees of Viatris. Other authors have no financial interests to declare.
: The authors have no nonfinancial interests to declare.
: This study was funded by Viatris.
: All participants provided informed consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Before answering the questionnaire, each participant received information explaining the objective of the survey, how data would be handled, and how the results would be used. To proceed with responses to the questionnaire, participants had to provide consent, or else they were not allowed to take the survey.
: The study was conducted in line with the market research definition and in accordance with the European Pharmaceutical Market Research Association (EPHMRA) and British Healthcare Business Intelligence Association (BHBIA) market research codes of conduct. Its only purpose was to capture the opinion of the participants, and no clinical parameter, efficacy, or safety endpoints related to any treatment were investigated. Hence, in line with the guidance provided by the EPHMRA, the BHIBIA, and the National Health Service Health Research Authority (NHS HRA), the research does not qualify as a clinical study and Research Ethics Committee review and approval was not required. All methods were carried out following the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Laura Colombo and Sanjay Hadigal equally contributed to conceptualizing the study design, analyzing and interpreting the data, and revising, reviewing, and approving the manuscript. Zdenek Zadrazil, Lenka Cesnekova, Jan Kyncl, and Zuzana Kristufkova contributed to interpreting the data and revising, reviewing, and approving the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final version.
