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We gratefully acknowledge Jeff Carrell (MedImmune) for his assistance with flow cytometry; Terrence O’Day (MedImmune) for statistical support; Deborah Shuman (MedImmune) for editorial assistance during the preparation of this manuscript; and Sepi Farshadi (MedImmune) for help with the preparation of figures. This study was funded by MedImmune, the global biologics R&D arm of AstraZeneca.
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KK, EMH, SBT, MF and ND designed experiments, analyzed and interpreted data, and wrote the manuscript; KK, JM, RV, SB, SBT, MF, PGH, RF, BB, CC, LW, RC and Y-TT designed and performed experiments and interpreted data; XX and HZ designed experiments and interpreted data; KCA, RH, PWH and DAT provided guidance, intellectual input, and reviewed the paper; all authors participated in critical review and editing of the manuscript.
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Y-TT declares that she has no conflict of interest. KCA is the scientific founder of Oncopep and C4 Therapeutics and serves on the advisory boards of MedImmune, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead and Millenium Pharmaceuticals. PWH is an employee of Spirogen and has stock and/or stock interests in AstraZeneca. All other authors are employees of MedImmune or were employees of MedImmune while they were involved with this work and have stock and/or stock interests in AstraZeneca.
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Kinneer, K., Flynn, M., Thomas, S.B. et al. Preclinical assessment of an antibody–PBD conjugate that targets BCMA on multiple myeloma and myeloma progenitor cells. Leukemia 33, 766–771 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-018-0278-7
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