About the Authors
- Peter Herbener
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: peter.herbener@biotest.com
Affiliation Corporate Research & Development, Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany
- Kurt Schönfeld
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Corporate Research & Development, Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany
- Martin König
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Corporate Research & Development, Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany
- Matthias Germer
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Corporate Research & Development, Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany
- Jude M. Przyborski
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Current address: Centre for Infectious Diseases, Parasitology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
Affiliation Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Katrin Bernöster
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Corporate Project & Portfolio Management, Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany
- Jörg Schüttrumpf
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Corporate Research & Development, Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany
Competing Interests
During data collection P.H., K.S., M.K., M.G., K.B., and J.S. were employed by Biotest AG. P.H., M.K., M.G., K.B. and J.S. hold shares of Biotest AG. M.K., M.G. and K.B. are inventors on BT062 related patents. This preclinical research is part of a development program for BT062 in malignant diseases. The development candidate is currently tested in phase II clinical trials in multiple myeloma, breast and bladder cancer. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Provisions to protect intellectual properties might be required for sharing materials. J.M.P. is an academic Editor at PLOS ONE. The authors declare no further conflict of interest.