About the Authors

Bambang S. Adiwijaya

bambang_adiwijaya@vrtx.com

Affiliation Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tara L. Kieffer

Affiliation Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joshua Henshaw

Affiliation Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Karen Eisenhauer

Affiliation Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Holly Kimko

Affiliation Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, LLC, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

John J. Alam

Affiliation Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert S. Kauffman

Affiliation Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Varun Garg

Affiliation Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

BSA, TK, JH, RK, JA, KE, VG are employees and stockholders of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, manufacturer of telaprevir. HK is an employee of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, an affiliate of Janssen, manufacturer of telaprevir.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BSA TLK JJA RSK VG. Performed the experiments: BSA TLK JH. Analyzed the data: BSA TLK KE HK JJA RS VG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH. Wrote the paper: BSA TLK KE JJA RSK.