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Woo, W. P.
Finlayson, N.
Liu, H. Y. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-9529
McGrath, M.
Ladwa, R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4196-0177
Brauer, M.
Xu, Y.
Hanson, S. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1587-6999
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Admedus Vaccines Ptd Ltd
Article History
Received: 27 April 2020
Accepted: 3 September 2020
First Online: 12 September 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: We have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: WPW, YX and NF are employees of the company that funded the study. WPW, YX and NF hold share options. IHF is a board member of the company that funded the study, is a consultant to the company, is an inventor on the patent US 2011/0287039 A1, “Expression system for modulating an immune response” and WO 02/083181 A1, “Novel compositions and uses” which have been assigned to the company. IHF also holds share options in the company and is a minority shareholder (< 0.01% of the company shares). JC is a consultant to the company that funded the study. SVP reports personal fees from UpToDate, Merck, Celgene and Merck Sharpe & Dome. RL reports honoraria for speaking at symposia at Roche, Merck Serono and Ipsen, holds positions on advisory boards of Roche, Sanofi Aventis, Merck Sharpe & Dohme and Ipsen, and receives financial support for attending symposia and educational programmes at Ipsen and Novartis. We confirm that these commercial affiliations do not alter our adherence to the journals policies on sharing data and materials.
: This clinical trial was approved by the Metro South Hospital and Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee.
: All subjects gave written informed consent for use of their material for research and publication.
: All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.