Johannsson, G.
Nespithal, K.
Plöckinger, U.
Alam, V.
McLean, M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Merck KGaA (Not applicable)
Article History
Received: 27 September 2017
Accepted: 26 December 2017
First Online: 27 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: GJ has received speaker’s honoraria and grants from Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer and Sandoz, speaker’s honoraria from Merck Serono and Otsuka, and consultancy fees from Astra Zeneca and Shire. KN is an employee of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. VA is an employee of EMD Serono, a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. MM has no conflicts of interest. UP has no conflicts of interest.
: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were approved by the institutional and/or national research ethics committee and complied with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.