About the Authors

Samantha Huo

Affiliation Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States of America

Anthony R. Scialli

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America, Scialli Consulting LLC, Washington, DC, United States of America

Sean McGarvey

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America

Elizabeth Hill

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America

Buğra Tügertimur

Affiliation University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Alycia Hogenmiller

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America

Alessandra I. Hirsch

Affiliation University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Adriane Fugh-Berman

ajf29@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

Adriane Fugh-Berman is an expert witness at the request of plaintiffs in litigation regarding pharmaceutical marketing practices (Adriane Fugh-Berman was briefly engaged as an expert in testosterone litigation last year but has no relevant conflicts now). Adriane Fugh-Berman also directs PharmedOut, a Georgetown University Medical Center project that advances evidence-based prescribing and educates healthcare professionals about pharmaceutical marketing practices, and provides educational content for the Washington DC Department of Health-funded DC Center for Rational Prescribing through a contract with the George Washington University Milken School of Public Health. Alessandra Hirsch is a former project manager of PharmedOut and Alycia Hogenmiller is the current project manager of PharmedOut; their salaries are provided by Georgetown University Medical Center. Dr. Scialli is the sole participant in Scialli Consulting LLC. He is a reproductive toxicologist who consults for industry, government, and educational institutions. He has consulted for manufacturers of testosterone products, but never about testosterone. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS AFB. Performed the experiments: SH SM EH BT AFB AS. Analyzed the data: SH SM EH BT AFB AS AH AIH. Wrote the paper: SH SM EH BT AFB AS AH AIH.