About the Authors

Makoto Mizuno

Affiliation Biological Research Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Atsuyuki Tomizawa

Affiliation Biological Research Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Kousaku Ohno

Affiliation Biological Research Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Joseph A. Jakubowski

Affiliation Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

Atsuhiro Sugidachi

sugidachi.atsuhiro.r7@daiichisankyo.co.jp

Affiliation Biological Research Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

JAJ is an employee and minor shareholder of Eli Lilly and Company. Other authors are the employees of Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. has patents of prasugrel hydrochloride, and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. and Eli Lilly and Company have marketed products of prasugrel hydrochloride. They do not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM AT KO AS. Performed the experiments: MM AT. Analyzed the data: MM AT KO JAJ AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM AT. Wrote the paper: MM AT KO JAJ AS.