About the Authors
- William A. Wells
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* E-mail: william.wells@tballiance.org
Affiliation Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, New York, New York, United States of America
- Colin Fan Ge
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Affiliation IMS Health, New York, New York, United States of America
- Nitin Patel
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Affiliation IMS Health, New York, New York, United States of America
- Teresa Oh
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Affiliation IMS Health, New York, New York, United States of America
- Elizabeth Gardiner
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Affiliation Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, New York, New York, United States of America
- Michael E. Kimerling
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Affiliation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
CFG, TO and NP are employed by IMS Health, Inc., which is a for-profit company that markets the databases used as primary data sources in this study. This does not alter the adherence by all authors to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WAW CFG. Performed the experiments: WAW CFG TO. Analyzed the data: WAW CFG NP TO EG MEK. Wrote the paper: WAW CFG. Initiated the study concept: WAW. Critically revised and contributed to the final draft of the manuscript: WAW CFG NP TO EG MEK.