Hiroi, Shinzo
Shimasaki, Yukio
Kikuchi, Takashi
Otsuka, Yujiro
Iwasaki, Kosuke
Ohishi, Mitsuru
Article History
Received: 18 March 2016
Revised: 19 May 2016
Accepted: 15 June 2016
First Online: 28 July 2016
Competing interests
: SH, YS and TK are current employees of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. YO and KI are current employees of Milliman. MO has received financial support for research from Daiichi Sankyo Company, Boehringer Ingelheim, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, MSD KK, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Kowa Pharmaceutical Company, Teijin Home Healthcare, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Pfizer Japan, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, Mochida Pharmaceutical, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Japan, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Teijin Pharma and Genzyme Japan KK.