Zecca, Chiara http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9990-3431
Disanto, Giulio http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8512-6096
Sacco, Rosaria http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6623-4649
MacLachlan, Sharon
Kuhle, Jens http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6963-8892
Ramagopalan, Sreeram V. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4766-5160
Gobbi, Claudio http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7554-0664
Article History
Received: 10 June 2020
Revised: 12 August 2020
Accepted: 14 August 2020
First Online: 21 October 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Chiara Zecca has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. She received honoraria for speaking/consulting fees or grants from Abbvie, Almirall, Biogen Idec, Celgene, Genzyme, Lilly, Merck Serono, Novartis, Roche, Teva Pharma. Dr. Giulio Disanto has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr. Rosaria Sacco has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. She received travel grants from Merck Serono. Dr. Sharon MacLachlan has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Dr. Jens Kuhle has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. He received research support from the following commercial entities: Bayer, Biogen, Merck, Sanofi Genzyme, Novartis, and Roche. Dr. Sreeram V Ramagopalan has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. Prof. Dr. Claudio Gobbi has nothing to disclose related to this manuscript. He received honoraria for speaking/consulting fees or grants from Abbvie, Almirall, Biogen Idec, Celgene, Genzyme, Merck Serono, Novartis, Roche, Teva Pharma. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study analysed data received from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink and thus did not need ethics approval.
: Not applicable, as data from a research databank were analyzed.