Mott, David J. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5959-8447
Leslie, Iain
Shah, Koonal http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4927-7858
Rowell, Jennifer
Scheuer, Nicolas
Funding for this research was provided by:
Roche Products Ltd.
Article History
Accepted: 22 April 2021
First Online: 9 May 2021
Declarations
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: This study was sponsored by Roche Products Ltd. The Office of Health Economics received funding from Roche Products Ltd to act as an academic collaborator on the project, providing advice on the study design, delivering interviewer training, reviewing analyses, and contributing to dissemination activities.
: David Mott is an employee of the Office of Health Economics, a registered charity, and an Independent Research Organisation, which receives funding from a variety of private and public sector sources. Koonal Shah, a former employee of the Office of Health Economics during the design of this study, is now an employee of PHMR Ltd, which receives consulting income from a variety of sources, including pharmaceutical companies. Jennifer Rowell and Iain Leslie were previously employees of Roche Products Ltd, during the design of this study. Nicolas Scheuer holds shares in Roche and Novartis through employee shares schemes; Jennifer Rowell holds shares in Roche through an employee share scheme; and Iain Leslie previously held shares in Roche through an employee share scheme, all of which were sold at the end of his employment.
: The de-identified datasets and code generated during the current study will be considered for sharing by the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: A favourable ethical opinion for the study was obtained from an independent reviewer working under the auspices of the Association of Research Managers and Administrators in November 2019.
: All participants provided informed, written consent prior to participating in a TTO interview, which included consent for participation in the interview, as well as consent for de-identified data to be used in future publications.
: The study was conceived by Iain Leslie and Jennifer Rowell, and all authors contributed to the study design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were led by Nicolas Scheuer and David Mott, with assistance from the individuals listed in the acknowledgements section. The first draft of the manuscript was written by David Mott, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.