Reutfors, Johan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1372-4262
Brenner, Philip http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5266-6144
Brody, Bob
Wray, Heather
Andersen, Morten
Brandt, Lena
Funding for this research was provided by:
AstraZeneca
Article History
First Online: 17 December 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Heather Wray is an employee of, and Bob Brody is a former employee of, AstraZeneca, and both own AstraZeneca stock. Philip Brenner, Lena Brandt, and Johan Reutfors are affiliated with, or employees of, the Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, which receives grants from several entities (pharmaceutical companies, regulatory authorities, contract research organizations) for the performance of drug safety and drug utilization studies. Morten Andersen reports grants from Novartis, Pfizer, Janssen, H. Lundbeck & Mertz, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF15SA0018404) outside the submitted work; and personal fees from Atrium and the Danish Pharmaceutical Industry Association for leading and teaching pharmacoepidemiology courses.
: The study was approved by the Regional Ethics Board in Stockholm (no. 2011/1358_31/3).
: This study was funded by AstraZeneca.