1School of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
2Eurolens Research, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
3Centre for Ocular Research and Education, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
4Centre for Eye and Vision Research, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
5School of Optometry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Submitted: December 15, 2020
Accepted: March 31, 2021
Funding/Support: None of the authors have reported funding/support.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure: The following authors report financial conflicts of interest: NE and PBM declare no conflict of interest. LWJ reports that over the past 3 years, his research group (Centre for Ocular Research and Education) or he personally has received research support or lectureship honoraria from Alcon, Allergan, CooperVision, GL Chemtec, iMed Pharma, J&J Vision, Lubris, Menicon, Nature's Way, Novartis, Ote, PS Therapy, Safilens, Santen, Shire, SightGlass, and Visioneering. LWJ is also a consultant for and/or serves on an advisory board for Alcon, CooperVision, J&J Vision, Novartis, and Ophtecs. JJN reports that, in 2019 and 2020, he has received honoraria from Paragon Vision Sciences and Coopervision. He has also received research funding from Alcon, Bruder, J&J Vision, and Mallinckrodt over the last 3 years. Also, Dr. Kelly Nichols is the spouse of JJN, extending her declarations to him. In the past 12 months, Dr. Kelly Nichols (JJN's spouse) has consulted for and received honorarium from Bruder, Dompe, Kala, Novartis/Shire (Medical Exchange International), Osmotica, Oyster Point, Sight Sciences, Tear Film Innovations/Alcon/Acquiom, Thea, Tarsus, and TopiVert. She has received research funding from Allergan, Kala, and Tear Science.
Author Contributions: Conceptualization: NE, PBM, LWJ, JJN; Data Curation: NE, LWJ, JJN; Formal Analysis: NE, JJN; Investigation: NE, PBM, LWJ, JJN; Methodology: NE; Software: JJN; Writing – Original Draft: NE, PBM, LWJ, JJN; Writing – Review & Editing: NE, PBM, LWJ, JJN.