About the Authors

Rob Lambkin-Williams

rlw@hvivo.com

Affiliation hVIVO Group PLC., Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre, London, United Kingdom

Colin Gelder

Affiliation University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS|| Trust, Clifford Bridge Road, Walsgrave, Coventry, United Kingdom

Richard Broughton

Affiliation ID Biomedical Corporation of Québec, 7150 Frederick Banting, Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada

Corey P. Mallett

Affiliation ID Biomedical Corporation of Québec, 7150 Frederick Banting, Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada

Anthony S. Gilbert

Affiliation hVIVO Group PLC., Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre, London, United Kingdom

Alex Mann

Affiliation hVIVO Group PLC., Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre, London, United Kingdom

David He

Affiliation Analytical Solutions Group, Inc., 14730 Soft Wind Drive, North Potomac, MD, United States of America

John S. Oxford

Affiliation Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom

David Burt

Affiliation ID Biomedical Corporation of Québec, 7150 Frederick Banting, Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

This study was partly funded by hVIVO Group PLC., ID Biomedical Corporation of Québec, Analytical Solutions Group, Inc. and ID Biomedical Corporation of Maryland, the respective employers of: Rob Lambkin-Williams, Anthony S. Gilbert, Alex Mann, Richard Broughton, Corey P. Mallett, David Burt, and David He. Patent details: Proteosome influenza vaccine US 6743900 B2. Abstract - Improved forms of vaccines which comprise proteosomes and protein antigens are described. Vaccines which contain influenza HA as the antigen are used for illustration as to demonstrate efficacy. Improvements in the preparation of the vaccines themselves and the proteosome component are also included. Publication number - US6743900 B2. Publication type - Grant Application number - US 09/788,280. Publication date - Jun 1, 2004. Filing date - Feb 15, 2001. Priority date - Feb 15, 2000. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RLW JSO ASG CG RB CPM AM DB DH. Data curation: RLW JSO ASG CG RB CPM AM DB DH. Formal analysis: RLW JSO ASG CG RB CPM DB DH. Funding acquisition: RLW JSO. Investigation: RLW JSO ASG AM. Methodology: RLW JSO ASG CG RB CPM AM DB DH. Project administration: CG RB CPM AM DB DH. Resources: ASG AM. Software: RLW JSO. Supervision: RLW JSO. Validation: RLW JSO CG RB CPM DB DH. Visualization: RLW JSO RB CPM DB. Writing – original draft: RLW JSO ASG CG RB CPM AM DB DH. Writing – review & editing: RLW JSO ASG CG RB CPM AM DB DH.