Pfau, Maximilian
Schmitz-Valckenberg, Steffen
Ribeiro, Ramiro
Safaei, Reza
McKeown, Alex
Fleckenstein, Monika
Holz, Frank G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (PF950/1-1)
National Eye Institute (EY014800)
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Article History
Received: 20 June 2022
Accepted: 14 October 2022
First Online: 25 October 2022
Competing interests
: M. Pfau reports personal fees from Apellis and Novartis outside the submitted work. S. Schmitz-Valckenberg reports grants from Acucela/Kubota Vision, personal fees from Apellis, grants and personal fees from Novartis, grants and personal fees from Allergan, grants and personal fees from Bayer, grants and personal fees from Bioeq/Formycon, grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Carl Zeiss MediTec AG, grants and non-financial support from Centervue, personal fees from Galimedix, grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Heidelberg Engineering, grants from Katairo, non-financial support from Optos, personal fees from Oxurion, outside the submitted work. Ramiro Ribeiro is employed by Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Reza Safaei is employed by Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Alex McKeown is employed by Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. M. Fleckenstein reports grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Heidelberg Engineering, non-financial support from Zeiss Meditech, grants and non-financial support from Optos, personal fees and grant from Novartis, personal fees from Bayer, grants and personal fees from Genentech, from Roche, outside the submitted work; In addition, Dr. Fleckenstein is an inventor on a patent US20140303013 A1 pending. F.G. Holz reports personal fees from Acucela, Apellis, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bioeq/Formycon, Roche/Genentech, Geuder, Graybug, Gyroscope, Heidelberg Engineering, IvericBio, Kanghong, LinBioscience, Novartis, Oxurion, Pixium Vision, Oxurion, Stealth BioTherapeutics, and Zeiss. Prof. Holz reports grants from Allergan, Apellis, Bayer, Bioeq/Formycon, CenterVue, Ellex, Roche/Genentech, Geuder, Heidelberg Engineering, IvericBio, Kanghong, NightStarX, Novartis, Optos, Pixium Vision, and Zeiss. Role of Sponsor: The sponsor or funding organizations had no role in the conduct of the analysis but were involved in the interpretation of the data, preparation, review, and approval of the manuscript. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. The views expressed are those of the authors.