Bui, Bich Ngoc
van Hoogenhuijze, Nienke
Viveen, Marco
Mol, Femke
Teklenburg, Gijs
de Bruin, Jan-Peter
Besselink, Dagmar
Brentjens, Linda Stevens
Mackens, Shari
Rogers, Malbert R. C.
Steba, Gaby S.
Broekmans, Frank
Paganelli, Fernanda L.
van de Wijgert, Janneke H. H. M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
ZonMw (843002601)
Merck KGaA
Utrecht Exposome Hub of Utrecht Life Sciences
Article History
Received: 2 December 2022
Accepted: 27 February 2023
First Online: 1 March 2023
Competing interests
: The SCRATCH study and the current endometrial microbiota substudy received funding from public sources and Merck (see Funding section below) but none of these donors had input in the study design and analysis. In addition, several authors report having received personal fees for consultations, conference attendance, and travel as follows: BB from Gedeon Richter Benelux and Guerbet; NvH from Organon; GT from Merck; GS from Guerbet and SM from Abbott Pharmaceuticals, Ferring, Abbott Pharmaceuticals, and IBSA. FB is a paid member of the advisory boards of Merck and Ferring, and also received a speakers’ fee from Besins Healthcare. All of these personal fees were unrelated to the study and substudy reported in this manuscript. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.