Touma-Falci, Liane
Moreira-Neto, Carlos Augusto
Taleb, Alexandre Chater
Prieto, Marcela Bach
Packer, Thais
Oliveira, Julio Cesar Barbour
Birck, Marina Gabriela
Julian, Guilherme Silva
Forestiero, Francisco Jose
Article History
Received: 17 December 2020
Accepted: 6 October 2021
First Online: 13 December 2021
Declarations
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: DATASUS databases are publicly available, and do not require approval from ethics committees, according to the Brazilian ethics Resolution n° 510/2016 [CitationRef removed]. Also, no patient’s consent is needed.
: Not applicable.
: Novartis sponsored the study but did not influenced scientific conduction. IQVIA received fees for the study conduction, including study design and concept, data acquisition and analysis, as well as writing the first draft of the manuscript; IQVIA did not receive fees for posteriori modifications (address and incorporate suggestions of the other authors).FFJ, LTF, MP and TP are Novartis employees. JCBO, MGB, and GSJ are IQVIA employees. CAMN and ACT declared no competing interest.