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Article History

Received: 27 June 2025

Accepted: 15 December 2025

First Online: 3 January 2026

Declarations

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: A.R, S.A.C, P.B., S.R., T.L, M.S., S.K., P.A-R, D.D., L.M., J.H., J.N., K.M., K.K, H.E., N.F., G.M., N.S., A.M., S.R.P. and P.S.C. are or were previously affiliated with Sanofi. All work was completed at Sanofi and Harvard University. As such, the work was not conducted at J&J or any of the other current author affiliations, and does not reflect the opinions of J&J, its affiliates or any other current author affiliations. In accordance with Taylor & Francis policy and our ethical obligations as researchers, B.D., D.A.W. and J.A.H. report being inventors on the patent describing “the film-forming surfactant” used in this work titled: Copolymers for stabilizing fluorocarbon emulsions and forming interfacial films therein: Inventors: Dave Weitz, Joerg Gerd Werner, Julie V. Brouchon, John A Heyman and Brendan Deveney. Pat. Apl. Ser. No.: 62/852,750. B.D., J.A.H. and D.A.W. have no other potential competing interests. All other authors declare no other competing interests.

: All experiments were reviewed, approved and conducted in an Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Care International (AAALACi)-approved animal facility, the Sanofi Genzyme Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant Sanofi institutional guidelines and regulations. Further, all authors complied with ARRIVE guidelines.