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First Online: 29 August 2025

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: A.V. is cofounder and former board member of Novosanis, a spin-off company of the University of Antwerp, and was minority shareholder until January 2019. The University of Antwerp obtained unrestricted educational grants from Becton Dickinson, Hologic, and Roche. E.L.F.’s institution has received supplemental funding from Merck for studies that he initiated. He also co-owns a patent on methylation markers at McGill University. He occasionally serves as paid consultant to Merck and BD on topics related to HPV vaccination and screening. M.B.Y. is an employee of P95 Clinical & Epidemiology Services, which is contracted by vaccine-producing companies, including Merck and GSK, for consultancy services.M.P.’s institution has received research funding and free-of-charge reagents and consumables to support research from the following commercial entities in the last 3 years: Qiagen, Self-screen, Seegene, Abbott, Roche, Liferiver, and Hybribio, all paid to his employer (no personal remuneration received). X.B. In the last 5 years received unrestricted educational grants to support the newsletter HPV WORLD from MSD, Hologic, Attila.DNW, FRB, MBU, LT, SSJ declares no conflict of interest.