About the Authors
- Ryan F. Donnelly
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* E-mail: r.donnelly@qub.ac.uk
Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
- Maelíosa T. C. McCrudden
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Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
- Ahlam Zaid Alkilani
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Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom, School of Pharmacy, Zarqa University, Zarqa, Jordan
- Eneko Larrañeta
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Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
- Emma McAlister
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Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
- Aaron J. Courtenay
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Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
- Mary-Carmel Kearney
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Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
- Thakur Raghu Raj Singh
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Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
- Helen O. McCarthy
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Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
- Victoria L. Kett
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Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
- Ester Caffarel-Salvador
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Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
- Sharifa Al-Zahrani
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Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
- A. David Woolfson
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Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Ryan Donnelly and David Woolfson are named inventors on a patent application related to hydrogel-forming microneedle arrays (details below). They are working with a number of companies with a view to commercialisation of this technology. They provide advice, through consultancy, to these companies. Importantly, however, this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. None of the other authors have any competing interests. Donnelly, R.F., Woolfson A.D., McCarron, P.A., Morrow, D.I.J., Morrissey, A. (2007). Microneedles/Delivery Device and Method. British Patent Application No 0718996.2. Filed September 28th 2007. International publication No WO2009040548. Approved for grant in Japan and China. US, Europe, India and Australia pending.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RFD MTCM AZA ADW. Performed the experiments: MTCM AZA EM ECS SAZ EL. Analyzed the data: MTCM AZA EM ECS SAZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RFD TRRS HOM VLK ADW. Wrote the paper: RFD MTCM AZA EL EM AJC MCK ECS SAZ ADW.