About the Authors

Julia Schiffner-Rohe

Julia.Schiffner-Rohe@pfizer.com

Affiliation Pfizer Deutschland GmbH, Linkstr. 10, 10785, Berlin, Germany

Annika Witt

Affiliation AMS-Advanced Medical Services GmbH, Rosa-Bavarese-Str.5, 80639, Munich, Germany

Jana Hemmerling

Affiliation AMS-Advanced Medical Services GmbH, Rosa-Bavarese-Str.5, 80639, Munich, Germany

Christof von Eiff

Affiliation Pfizer Pharma GmbH, Linkstr. 10, 10785, Berlin, Germany

Friedrich-Wilhelm Leverkus

Affiliation Pfizer Deutschland GmbH, Linkstr. 10, 10785, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: JSR, FL and CvE are employees of Pfizer Deutschland GmbH and own Pfizer stocks. AW and JH are employees of Advanced Medical Services GmbH and received a research grant from Pfizer Deutschland GmbH for the systematic review and writing the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSR CvE FL. Performed the experiments: JSR. Analyzed the data: JSR AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW JH. Wrote the paper: JSR JH CvE FL. Designed and performed the systematic review: AW JH. Performed meta-analysis: JSR.