Footnotes

• Contributors EG and HAK contributed equally for concept and draft.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests HAK received honoraria from Bayer Vital, Roche Diagnostics, Daiichi Sankyo. EG received honoraria from Bayer Vital, AstraZeneca, Roche Diagnostics, BRAHMS Germany, MSD Deutschland, Daiichi Sankyo.

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