Non-clinical assessment of lubrication and free radical scavenging of an innovative non-animal carboxymethyl chitosan biomaterial for viscosupplementation: An in-vitro and ex-vivo study

• Jean-Michel Vandeweerd,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation OASIS, Integrated Veterinary Research Unit, Namur Research Institute of Life Sciences (NARILIS), Namur University, Namur, Belgium

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• Bernado Innocenti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation BEAMS Department, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Guillem Rocasalbas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KiOmed Pharma, Herstal, Belgium

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• Sandrine Emilia Gautier,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KiOmed Pharma, Herstal, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3771-2998

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• Pierre Douette,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KiOmed Pharma, Herstal, Belgium

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• Laurence Hermitte,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KiOmed Pharma, Herstal, Belgium

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• Fanny Hontoir,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation OASIS, Integrated Veterinary Research Unit, Namur Research Institute of Life Sciences (NARILIS), Namur University, Namur, Belgium

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• Mickael Chausson

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mickael.chausson@kiomedpharma.com

  Affiliation KiOmed Pharma, Herstal, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2333-8085

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