Volk, Andreas
Covini-Souris, Caroline
Kuehnel, Denis
De Mey, Christian
Römisch, Jürgen
Schmidt, Torben
Article History
Accepted: 10 November 2021
First Online: 29 November 2021
Declarations
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: Octapharma Pharmazeutika Produktionsgesellschaft m.b.H., Austria and Octapharma Biopharmaceuticals GmbH, Germany, and Octapharma Plasma Inc., USA were the funding source. Octapharma Plasma Inc. was involved in plasma donation collection. Octapharma Pharmazeutika Produktionsgesellschaft m.b.H. and Octapharma Biopharmaceuticals GmbH were involved in analysis and data generation. Octapharma Pharmazeutika Produktionsgesellschaft m.b.H. covered all costs incurred for the present publication. ACPS-Network GmbH was paid for their pharmacokinetic analysis services by Octapharma Biopharmaceuticals GmbH.
: AV, CCS, DK, JR, and TS are employed by companies that are part of the Octapharma group. CDM is owner and CEO of ACPS and received payment by Octapharma for the services involved in the preparation of this study.
: Octagam<sup>®</sup>, Cutaquig<sup>®</sup> and Panzyga<sup>®</sup> are trademarks of the Octapharma group.
: Material that is still in existence and owned by Octapharma can be made available in principle for research purposes by non-profit organizations upon justified request. WHO International Standard was obtained from NIBSC, Potters Bar, UK (see materials and methods section) [CitationRef removed]. All data except epidemiologic data on seroconversion generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article and its supplementary information files. Epidemiologic data on United States status of vaccination and COVID-19 cumulated cases were obtained from the CDC Data Tracker website [CitationRef removed].
: Not applicable.
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: All plasma donations analyzed in this study were obtained after informed consent of the donors. Plasma products analyzed within this study were produced from material donated after informed consent for the purpose of producing pharmaceutical products.
: Not applicable.
: All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Andreas Volk, Caroline Covini-Souris, Christian de Mey, and Denis Kuehnel. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Andreas Volk and all authors commented on subsequent versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.