Competing interests: H.M.H. has consulted for Novartis, SOBI and Ventyx and has research collaborations with Regeneron, Jecure, Inapill and Zomagen. L.B. was a site principal investigator for Novartis, and speaker for SOBI. A.E.F. is an employee and stockholder of Pfizer. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.
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