Kandane-Rathnayake, Rangi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5397-1482
Koelmeyer, Rachel
Oon, Shereen
Rischmueller, Maureen
Oh, Yumi
O’Neill, Sean
Hassett, Geraldine
Khetan, Sachin
Tsai, Ted
Goldblatt, Fiona
Hennessey, Ashleigh
Ranganathan, Dwarakanathan
Lefeber, Adrienne
Shisha, Tamas
Gergely, Peter
Nikpour, Mandana
Morand, Eric
Hoi, Alberta
Funding for this research was provided by:
Novartis
Article History
Received: 14 January 2026
Accepted: 24 April 2026
First Online: 11 May 2026
Declarations
:
: We received ethics approval from Monash Health to conduct and publish this study (Ethics committee reference: 14262 A).Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
: Not applicable.
: Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake (RKR): has received grants from BMS, GSK, Janssen and Novartis Rachel Koelmeyer (RK): none Shereen Oon (SO): has received speaker fees from Astra Zeneca and The Limbic Maureen Rischmueller (MR): has received research grants from AbbVie, Amgen, Argenx, AstraZeneca, BMS, GSK, Horizon, J&J, LG Chem, Novartis, UCB; and consultant/speaker honoraria from AbbVie, Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim, J&J, Novartis, Pfizer, Recordati, Sandoz, UCB. Yumi Oh (YO): none Sean O’Neill (SO’N): none Geraldine Hassett (GH): none Sachin Khetan (SK): none Ted Tsai (TT): none Fiona Goldblatt (FG): none Ashleigh Hennessey (AH): none Dwarakanathan Ranganathan (DR): has received unrestricted Grant for POEMSLUN study from Novartis, Australia Astrid Jullion (AJ): is employed by Novartis Tamas Shisha (TS): is employed by Novartis Peter Gergely (PG): is employed by Novartis Mandana Nikpour (MN): has received an Investigator Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC GNT1176538), research grants from Boehringer Ingelheim and Janssen, consulting fees from AstraZeneca and GSK; honoraria for presentations from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim and GSK, and support for conference attendance from Boehringer Ingelheim. Eric Morand (EM): has received consulting fees from AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Genentech, Gilead, Janssen, Novartis, and EMD Serono. Alberta Hoi: has received a research grant from AstraZeneca, consulting fees from EUSA Pharma (UK), GSK and UCB Australia, and speaker fees/honoraria from AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Limbic, Moose Republic and Novartis.