About the Authors
- Alexandra Hebar
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Affiliation MC Toxicology Consulting GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Christiane Koller
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Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Jan-Marcus Seifert
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Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Monika Chabicovsky
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* E-mail: MC@toxicology.cc
Affiliation MC Toxicology Consulting GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Angelika Bodenteich
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Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch
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Affiliation ThioMatriX, Innsbruck, Austria
- Andreas Grassauer
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Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Eva Prieschl-Grassauer
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Affiliation Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Competing Interests
Authors AG and EPG are co-founders of Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH. AG and EPG are inventors of a patent (#WO2009027057; “Antiviral composition comprising a sulfated polysaccharide”) held by Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH that relates to the content of the manuscript. CK, JMS and AB are employed by Marinomed Biotechnologie GmbH. Authors AH and MC are employed by MC Toxicology Consulting GmbH being non-clinical consultants to Marinomed. Author ABS is employed by ThioMatriX, a contract research organization that performed one of the published studies (in vitro permeation study). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EPG AG MC AB. Performed the experiments: CK JS ABS. Analyzed the data: MC ABS EPG. Wrote the paper: AH MC.