About the Authors

Fanny Porte

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Economics Department, Merck Santé S.A.S., Lyon, France

Anna Granghaud

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: AbbVie, Rungis, France

Affiliation Health Economics department, Pfizer S.A.S., Paris, France

Jane Chang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Economics department, Pfizer, New York, NY, United States of America

Mairead Kearney

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Value Demonstration, Market Access and Pricing, The Healthcare Business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Aya Morel

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Validation

Affiliation Health Economics department, Pfizer S.A.S., Paris, France

Ingrid Plessala

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ingrid.plessala@amaris.com

Affiliation Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA), Amaris Consulting, Paris, France

Hélène Cawston

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA), Amaris Consulting, Paris, France

Julie Roiz

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Economics, Evidera, London, United Kingdom

Ying Xiao

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Economics, Evidera, London, United Kingdom

Marie-Noelle Solbes

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Department, Merck Santé S.A.S., Lyon, France

Prisca Lambert

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Department, Pfizer S.A.S., Paris, France

Alain Ravaud

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Yohann Loriot

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Institute Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France

Antoine Thiery-Vuillemin

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Bristol Myers Squibb, Boudry, Switzerland

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France

Pierre Lévy

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Université Paris-Dauphine, Université-PSL, [LEDA], LEGOS, Paris, France

Competing Interests

F. Porte is an employee of Merck Santé S.A.S., Lyon, France, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany at the time of the project. A. Granghaud was an employee of Pfizer S.A.S., Paris, France at the time of the study. J. Chang is an employee of Pfizer and holds stock and other ownership interest with Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Pfizer. M. Kearney is an employee of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and holds stock in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Novartis and UCB. A. Morel is an employee of Pfizer S.A.S., Paris, France. I. Plessala was an employee of Amaris Consulting, Paris, France at the time of the study. H. Cawston is an employee of Amaris Consulting, Paris, France. J. Roiz is an employee of and reposts stocks and other ownership interest with Evidera. Y. Xiao is an employee of Evidera. M.-N. Solbes is an employee of Merck Santé S.A.S., Lyon, France, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. P. Lambert is an employee of Pfizer S.A.S., Paris, France. A. Ravaud has received grants or contracts from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer; has received travel and accommodation expenses from Ipsen Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Merck & Co., Kenilworth, NJ, and Pfizer; and has participated in advisory boards for Esai, Ipsen, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer. Y. Loriot has served in consulting or advisory roles for Astellas Pharma, Bristol Myers Squibb, Immunomedics, Janssen, Loxo/Lilly, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Merck & Co., Kenilworth, NJ, Pfizer, Roche, Seattle Genetics, and Taiho Pharmaceutical; has received travel and accommodations expenses from Astellas Pharma, Janssen Oncology, Merck & Co., Kenilworth, NJ, Roche, and Seattle Genetics; and has received institutional research funding from Astellas Pharma, Basilea, Bristol Myers Squibb, Exelixis, Gilead Sciences, Incyte, Janssen Oncology, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Merck & Co., Kenilworth, NJ, Nektar, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, Seattle Genetics, and Taiho Pharmaceutical. A. Thiery-Vuillemin has participated in advisory boards for Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ipsen, Janssen, Merck & Co., Kenilworth, NJ, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche/Genentech and Sanofi; reports employment by Bristol Myers Squibb; has served on steering committees for AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Novartis; has received institutional research funding from Bayer, Ipsen and Pfizer; has served as principal investigator for Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Excelixis, Incyte, Ipsen, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Kenilworth, NJ, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, and UNICANCER/GETUG; has received travel and accommodation expenses from Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ipsen, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Kenilworth, NJ, Pfizer and Roche; and is a member of ASCO and GETUG. P. Lévy has served in consulting or advisory role and had received honoraria from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials