Lipsitch, Marc http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1504-9213
Krammer, Florian http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4121-776X
Regev-Yochay, Gili
Lustig, Yaniv
Balicer, Ran D.
Article History
Accepted: 16 November 2021
First Online: 7 December 2021
Competing interests
: M.L. reports institutional grant funding from Pfizer, consulting/honoraria from Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen, Merck, Sanofi Pasteur, Peter Diamandis/Abundance Platinum, and unpaid advice to One Day Sooner, Pfizer, Janssen, AstraZeneca, Covaxx (United Biomedical), and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has filed patent applications relating to SARS-CoV-2 serological assays and NDV-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, which list F.K. as co-inventor. Mount Sinai has spun out a company, Kantaro, to market serological tests for SARS-CoV-2. F.K. has consulted for Merck and Pfizer (before 2020) and is currently consulting for Pfizer, Seqirus and Avimex. The Krammer laboratory is also collaborating with Pfizer on animal models of SARS-CoV-2. R.D.B. reports past institutional grants to Clalit Research Institute from Pfizer, outside the submitted work and unrelated to COVID-19, with no direct or indirect personal benefits. G.R.-Y. has received a research grant from Pfizer on an unrelated topic (pneumococcal infections) and has received honoraria from Teva and MSD for presentations given (on fluid contamination and vaccine rollout). Y.L. has received a research grant from Pfizer on an unrelated topic (tick-borne encephalitis).
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