About the Authors

Mark Stuntz

mstuntz@deerfield.com

Affiliation Deerfield Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Anna Perlaky

Affiliation Deerfield Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Franka des Vignes

Affiliation Formerly at Deerfield Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Tassos Kyriakides

Affiliation Yale Center for Analytical Services, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Dan Glass

Affiliation Deerfield Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

MS, AP and DG are currently employees of the Deerfield Institute, a division of Deerfield Management. FDV is a former employee of the Deerfield INstitute. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing and materials. TK does not have any competing interests to disclose.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FDV AP DG. Performed the experiments: AP DG. Analyzed the data: TK MS FDV AP DG. Wrote the paper: MS FDV AP DG.