About the Authors

Simone Rivolo

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

simone.rivolo@evidera.com

Affiliation Modeling and Simulation, Evidera PPD, Milan, Italy

Manuela Di Fusco

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pfizer Inc, New York, New York, United States of America

Carlos Polanco

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bristol Myers Squibb, Madrid, Spain

Amiee Kang

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States of America

Devender Dhanda

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States of America

Mirko Savone

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pfizer Inc, New York, New York, United States of America

Aristeidis Skandamis

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Modeling and Simulation, Evidera, London, United Kingdom

Thitima Kongnakorn

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Modeling and Simulation, Evidera, London, United Kingdom

Javier Soto

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pfizer, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: AK is an employee and holds stock from BMS. CP is an employee and holds stock from BMS. MDF is an employee and owner of stock at Pfizer Inc. DD is an employee and holds stock from BMS. JS is an employee and owner of stock at Pfizer Inc. MS is a Pfizer Inc. employee and owns stocks of Pfizer Inc. SR, TK, and AS are salaried employees of Evidera and are not allowed to accept remuneration from any clients for their services. Evidera received funding from BMS/Pfizer Inc. to conduct the study and develop this manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.