About the Authors
- Philip Kucab
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Katelyn Dow Stepanyan
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Adriane Fugh-Berman
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* E-mail: ajf29@georgetown.edu
Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors have the following conflicts: AFB is a paid expert witness at the request of plaintiffs in litigation regarding pharmaceutical marketing practices. AFB directs PharmedOut, a Georgetown University Medical Center project that advances evidence-based prescribing and educates healthcare professionals about pharmaceutical marketing practices. AFB also provides content for industry-free CME for the DC Center for Rational Prescribing, a project funded by the Washington DC Department of Health. PK is on the Multidisciplinary Advisory Board for Bayer Health Care, on the board of directors of the World Federation of Hemophilia USA, and is a consultant for the National Hemophilia Foundation. KDS has no conflicts of interest.
Author Contributions
Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: PK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PK AFB KDS. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: PK KDS AFB. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.