About the Authors
- Julia Schiffner-Rohe
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* E-mail: Julia.Schiffner-Rohe@pfizer.com
Affiliation Pfizer Deutschland GmbH, Linkstr. 10, 10785, Berlin, Germany
- Annika Witt
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Affiliation AMS-Advanced Medical Services GmbH, Rosa-Bavarese-Str.5, 80639, Munich, Germany
- Jana Hemmerling
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Affiliation AMS-Advanced Medical Services GmbH, Rosa-Bavarese-Str.5, 80639, Munich, Germany
- Christof von Eiff
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Affiliation Pfizer Pharma GmbH, Linkstr. 10, 10785, Berlin, Germany
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Leverkus
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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.