Blankenburg, Michael http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3886-1052
Kovesdy, Csaba P.
Fett, Anne-Kathrin
Griner, Raymond G.
Gay, Alain
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bayer AG (n/a)
Article History
Received: 26 June 2019
Accepted: 11 February 2020
First Online: 26 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The secondary data source used for the analysis meet all of the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance standards, ensuring patient anonymity. As such, approval from an institutional review board was not necessary.
: Not applicable.
: MB and AG are employees of Bayer AG. RGG is an employee of IQVIA. The following authors have received compensation for serving as consultants or speakers for, or they or the institutions they work for have received research support or royalties from, the companies or organizations indicated: AKF (IQVIA), CPK (Bayer AG), RGG (Bayer AG).