About the Authors

Kameran Lashkari

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Validation

kameran_lashkari@meei.harvard.edu

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Mass Eye & Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gianna Teague

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Mass Eye & Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hong Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Alliance Pharma, Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yong-Qing Lin

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Alliance Pharma, Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sanjay Kumar

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Alternative Discovery & Development, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Megan M. McLaughlin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Alternative Discovery & Development, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Francisco J. López

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

Current address: Allergan plc., Irvine, California, United States of America

Affiliation Alternative Discovery & Development, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

Authors SK, MMMcL are and FJL was affiliated with GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, PA and received funding in the form of salaries. Authors HC and YL are affiliated with Alliance Pharma, Malvern, PA and received funding in the form of salaries. The commercial affiliations for this work do not alter our adherence of PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The following patents assigned to GSK were filed on the CFI assay: US20160139118; US20170285024; WO2014203188A2; WO2014203188A3. There are no products in development or marketed products to declare.