About the Authors

Indranil Mukhopadhyay

Affiliation Biological Research, Glenmark Research Centre, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Abhay Kulkarni

Affiliation Biological Research, Glenmark Research Centre, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sarika Aranake

Affiliation Biological Research, Glenmark Research Centre, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Pallavi Karnik

Affiliation Biological Research, Glenmark Research Centre, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mahesh Shetty

Affiliation Biological Research, Glenmark Research Centre, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sandeep Thorat

Affiliation Biological Research, Glenmark Research Centre, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Indraneel Ghosh

Affiliation Biological Research, Glenmark Research Centre, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Dinesh Wale

Affiliation Biological Research, Glenmark Research Centre, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Vikram Bhosale

Affiliation Biological Research, Glenmark Research Centre, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Neelima Khairatkar-Joshi

neelima_joshi@glenmarkpharma.com

Affiliation Biological Research, Glenmark Research Centre, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Competing Interests

All the authors are employees of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. IM has one patent issued (Thienopyrimidinedione derivatives as trpa1 modulators; Patent No. US8507503), AK has one patent filed (Application No. 3067/MUM/2013) and NKJ has one patent issued (Thienopyrimidinedione derivatives as trpa1 modulators; Patent No. US8507503) and one filed (Application No. 3067/MUM/2013), which is broadly relevant to the work. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. However, the authors will not be able to disclose the structure and/or share compound GRC 17536, which is currently under clinical development but will be happy to spare other compounds as mentioned above.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IM AK NKJ. Performed the experiments: SA PK MS ST IG DW VB. Analyzed the data: IM AK SA PK MS ST IG DW VB. Wrote the paper: IM AK NKJ.