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No sources of funding were used in the preparation of this editorial. Manfred Hauben is a full-time employee of Pfizer Inc., and owns stock/stock options in Pfizer Inc. and other pharmaceutical companies. Niklas Norén has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Haubenand, M., Norén, G.N. A Decade of Data Mining and Still Counting. Drug-Safety 33, 527–534 (2010). https://doi.org/10.2165/11532430-000000000-00000

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