Rakugi, Hiromi
Kario, Kazuomi
Yamaguchi, Masako
Sasajima, Takayoshi
Gotou, Hiromi
Zhang, Jack
Article History
Received: 5 July 2021
Revised: 20 October 2021
Accepted: 9 November 2021
First Online: 21 January 2022
Compliance with ethical standards
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: HR served as the external medical expert for this study and has received consulting fees from Novartis Pharmaceuticals. KK has received speaker honoraria and consulting fees from Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and has received scholarship and honoraria from Daiichi Sankyo outside the submitted work. MY, TS, and HG are employees of Novartis Pharma K. K., Tokyo, Japan. JZ was an employee of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA, during the conduct of this study.