About the Authors
- Emma Sullivan
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Affiliation Adelphi Real World, Manchester, United Kingdom
- James Piercy
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Affiliation Adelphi Real World, Manchester, United Kingdom
- John Waller
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Affiliation Adelphi Real World, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Christopher M. Black
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Affiliation Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, United States of America
- Sumesh Kachroo
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* E-mail: sumesh.kachroo@merck.com
Affiliation Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, United States of America
Competing Interests
We have the following interests: John Waller, Emma Sullivan and James Piercy are employees of Adelphi Real World. Christopher Black and Sumesh Kachroo are employees of Merck & Co and hold stock and options. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: JW ES JP CB SK. Data curation: JW ES JP CB SK. Formal analysis: JW ES JP CB SK. Funding acquisition: JW ES JP CB SK. Investigation: JW ES JP CB SK. Methodology: JW ES JP CB SK. Project administration: JW ES JP CB SK. Resources: JW ES JP CB SK. Software: JW ES JP CB SK. Supervision: JW ES JP CB SK. Validation: JW ES JP CB SK. Visualization: JW ES JP CB SK. Writing – original draft: JW ES JP CB SK. Writing – review & editing: JW ES JP CB SK.