About the Authors

Verena Rombach-Riegraf

Contributed equally to this work with: Verena Rombach-Riegraf, Anette C. Karle, Babette Wolf

verena.rombach-riegraf@novartis.com (VR-R); anette.karle@novartis.com (ACK); andrea.kiessling@novartis.com (AK)

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Technical R&D, Biologics Process R&D, Late Phase Analytical & Pharmaceutical Development, Werk Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland

Anette C. Karle

Contributed equally to this work with: Verena Rombach-Riegraf, Anette C. Karle, Babette Wolf

verena.rombach-riegraf@novartis.com (VR-R); anette.karle@novartis.com (ACK); andrea.kiessling@novartis.com (AK)

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Integrated Biologics Profiling Unit, Immunogenicity Risk Assessment, Werk Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland

Babette Wolf

Contributed equally to this work with: Verena Rombach-Riegraf, Anette C. Karle, Babette Wolf

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Pre-clinical Safety, Biologics Safety and Disposition, Experimental Pathology, Immunosafety, Werk Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland

Laetitia Sordé

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Integrated Biologics Profiling Unit, Immunogenicity Risk Assessment, Werk Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland

Stephan Koepke

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Integrated Biologics Profiling Unit, Immunogenicity Risk Assessment, Werk Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland

Sascha Gottlieb

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Integrated Biologics Profiling Unit, Immunogenicity Risk Assessment, Werk Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland

Jennifer Krieg

Current address: Molecular Partners AG, Schlieren-Zürich, Switzerland,

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Pre-clinical Safety, Biologics Safety and Disposition, Experimental Pathology, Immunosafety, Werk Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland

Marie-Claude Djidja

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Technical R&D, Biologics Process R&D, Late Phase Analytical & Pharmaceutical Development, Werk Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland

Aida Baban

Current address: Novartis Pharma AG, Global Standards Governance Office, Basel, Switzerland

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Pre-clinical Safety Biologics Safety and Disposition, Bioanalytics, Werk Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland

Sebastian Spindeldreher

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Pre-clinical Safety Biologics Safety and Disposition, Bioanalytics, Werk Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland

Atanas V. Koulov

Current address: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Pharma Technical Development Europe (Biologics) Analytics, Basel, Switzerland,

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Technical R&D, Biologics Process R&D, Late Phase Analytical & Pharmaceutical Development, Werk Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland

Andrea Kiessling

verena.rombach-riegraf@novartis.com (VR-R); anette.karle@novartis.com (ACK); andrea.kiessling@novartis.com (AK)

Affiliation Novartis Pharma AG, Pre-clinical Safety, Biologics Safety and Disposition, Experimental Pathology, Immunosafety, Werk Klybeck, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VR-R ACK BW AVK AK. Performed the experiments: VR-R BW LS SK SG JK M-CD AB. Analyzed the data: VR-R ACK BW LS SK SG M-CD AB SS AVK AK. Wrote the paper: VR-R ACK BW LS M-CD SS AVK AK.