About the Authors

Wataru Yamamoto

w.yamamoto@teijin.co.jp (WY); osada.tomoharu@mg.medience.co.jp (TO)

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Teijin Pharma Limited, Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo, Japan

Keiichi Asakura

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Safety Pharmacology Society (JSPS), Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd., Nishinosho-monguchi-cho, Kisshoin, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroyuki Ando

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Safety Pharmacology Society (JSPS), Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Yamagishi, Mikuni-cho, Sakai-shi, Fukui, Japan

Tomohiko Taniguchi

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tokodai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

Atsuko Ojima

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tokodai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

Takaaki Uda

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Yamagishi, Mikuni-cho, Sakai-shi, Fukui, Japan

Tomoharu Osada

w.yamamoto@teijin.co.jp (WY); osada.tomoharu@mg.medience.co.jp (TO)

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Safety Pharmacology Society (JSPS), Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, LSI Medience Corporation, Uchikanda 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Seiji Hayashi

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Safety Pharmacology Society (JSPS), Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd., Nishinosho-monguchi-cho, Kisshoin, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Chieko Kasai

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Safety Pharmacology Society (JSPS), Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, Astellas Pharma Inc., Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

Norimasa Miyamoto

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tokodai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

Hiroyuki Tashibu

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Safety Pharmacology Society (JSPS), Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, Ina Research Inc., Nishiminowa, Ina-shi, Nagano, Japan

Takashi Yoshinaga

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Safety Pharmacology Society (JSPS), Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tokodai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

Daiju Yamazaki

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Atsushi Sugiyama

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Safety Pharmacology Society (JSPS), Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Yasunari Kanda

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kohei Sawada

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Safety Pharmacology Society (JSPS), Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tokodai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

Yuko Sekino

Affiliations Japan iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment (JiCSA), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Safety Pharmacology Society (JSPS), Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

Wataru Yamamoto is employed by Teijin Pharma Limited. Keiichi Asakura and Seiji Hayashi are employed by Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. Hiroyuki Ando and Takaaki Uda are employed by Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Tomohiko Taniguchi, Atsuko Ojima, Norimasa Miyamoto, Takashi Yoshinaga and Kohei Sawada are employed by Eisai Co., Ltd. Tomoharu Osada is employed by LSI Medience Corporation. Chieko Kasai is employed by Astellas Pharma Inc. Hiroyuki Tashibu is employed by Ina Research Inc. 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, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KS YS. Data curation: WY KA HA TT TO SH CK NM HT TY DY AS YK KS YS. Funding acquisition: YS. Investigation: WY KA HA TT AO TU TO SH CK NM HT TY DY AS YK KS YS. Project administration: YS. Supervision: KS YS. Writing – original draft: WY TO. Writing – review & editing: WY KA HA TT TO SH CK NM HT TY DY AS YK KS YS.