About the Authors

Thomas M. Schindler

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

thomas.schindler@boehringer-ingelheim.com

Affiliation Medical Writing Europe, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Biberach, Germany

Frank Grieger

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Data Disclosure Governance & Standards, UCB BioSciences GmbH, Monheim, Germany

Anna Zak

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Data Disclosure & Transparency, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America

Ramona Rorig

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Trial Disclosure, Medical and Development, Astellas Pharma, Northbrook, Illinois, United States of America

Kavya Chowdary Konka

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Trial Disclosure, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Anna Ellsworth

Roles Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation UCB Biosciences Inc, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher Pfitzer

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Transparency Operations, UCB BioSciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Keir Hodge

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation PDG Neuroscience, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland

Christine Crandall

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

Affiliation GSK, Clinical Project Management, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Competing Interests

All authors are employed by a pharmaceutical company as indicated in by their affiliation [TMS -Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharma, FG - UCB BioSciences, AZ - Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., RR - Astellas Pharma, KCK - AbbVie Inc., AE - UCB BioScience, CP - UCB BioScience, KH - F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, CC - GSK]. In addition, all authors were members of the TransCelerate Clinical Research Access and Information Exchange Initiative. None of the authors have any additional role or function in TransCelerate outside of the Clinical Research Access and Information Exchange Initiative. No author received any additional remuneration for participating in this research. None of the pharmaceutical companies nor TransCelerate had any role in the study design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing of the paper; and/or decision to submit for publication. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. None of authors has any other competing interest. The article, its figures, and Supporting Information files are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license and in care of TransCelerate.