About the Authors

Masashi Kumon

Contributed equally to this work with: Masashi Kumon, Masahiro Fuwa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Product Development Division, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Nara, Japan

Masahiro Fuwa

Contributed equally to this work with: Masashi Kumon, Masahiro Fuwa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

masahiro.fuwa@santen.com

Affiliation Product Development Division, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Nara, Japan

Atsushi Shimazaki

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Product Development Division, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Nara, Japan

Noriko Odani-Kawabata

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Product Development Division, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan

Ryo Iwamura

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pharmaceutical Division, Pharmaceuticals Research Laboratory, UBE Corporation, Yamaguchi, Japan

Kenji Yoneda

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pharmaceutical Division, Pharmaceuticals Research Laboratory, UBE Corporation, Yamaguchi, Japan

Masatomo Kato

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Product Development Division, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Nara, Japan

Competing Interests

Competing Interests Statement: All authors declare no non-financial competing interests. Their commercial affiliation to Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and UBE Corporation does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.