About the Authors

Joseph E. Blais

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Gloria Kin Yi Tong

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pfizer Upjohn Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong SAR, China

Swathi Pathadka

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Michael Mok

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Geelong and Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Ian C. K. Wong

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ewchan@hku.hk (EWC); wongick@hku.hk (ICKW)

‡ EWC and ICKW are joint senior authors.

Affiliations Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Research Department of Practice and Policy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom

Esther W. Chan

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ewchan@hku.hk (EWC); wongick@hku.hk (ICKW)

‡ EWC and ICKW are joint senior authors.

Affiliation Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: EWC has received honorarium from the Hospital Authority, research grants from Research Grants Council (RGC, HKSAR), Research Fund Secretariat of the Food and Health Bureau (HMRF, HKSAR), National Natural Science Fund of China, National Health and Medical research Council NHMRC, Australia), Wellcome Trust, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Janssen, Amgen, Takeda, and Narcotics Division of the Security Bureau of HKSAR, outside the submitted work. ICKW has received research grants from Research Grants Council (RGC, Hong Kong), Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), Shire, Janssen-Cilag, Eli-Lily, Pfizer, Bayer, Amgen, and grants from European Union FP7 program, outside the submitted work. GKYT is an employee of Pfizer Upjohn Hong Kong Limited. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare. The other authors have no competing interests to declare.