Competing interests
APS, MR, AC have given talks, attended conferences, and participated in advisory boards and clinical trials sponsored by various pharmaceutical companies; yet, no financial or professional help was received for the preparation of this manuscript. APS is currently Vice-President, National Diabetes Commission, Ministry of Health, Romania. MR is currently Chief Medical and Scientific Advisor, Diabetes, Novo Nordisk South East Europe, Middle East and Africa (SEEMEA). The rest of the authors do not have a conflict of interests to declare for this article.