Declaration of interest
T Koufakis has received honoraria for lectures from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Pharmaserve Lilly, and Novo Nordisk, for advisory boards from Novo Nordisk and Boehringer Ingelheim, and has participated in sponsored studies by Eli-Lilly and Novo Nordisk.
D S Popovic declares associations to: Abbott, Alkaloid, AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Berlin-Chemie, Eli Lilly, Galenika, Krka, Merck, Novo Nordisk, PharmaSwiss, Sanofi-Aventis, Servier, Viatris, and Worwag Pharma.
The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
Authors’ contributions
T Koufakis reviewed the literature and wrote the first version of the manuscript. D S Popovic, C Papadopoulos, O Giouleme, and M Doumas reviewed the literature and edited the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Reviewer disclosures
Peer reviewers on this manuscript have no relevant financial or other relationships to disclose.