LJB has regular interaction with pharmaceutical and other industrial partners; he has not received personal fees or other personal benefits. LJB is the founding chairman of the ReSViNET Foundation. The authors’ institution, University Medical Center Utrecht, has received major funding (>€100 000 per industrial partner) for investigator-initiated studies from AbbVie, MedImmune, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Janssen, Pfizer, MSD, and MeMed Diagnostics; major funding for the RSV GOLD study from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; major funding as part of the public–private partnership IMI-funded RESCEU and PROMISE projects with partners GlaxoSmithKline, Novavax, Janssen, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Sanofi; major funding by Julius Clinical for participating in clinical studies sponsored by MedImmune and Pfizer; minor funding (€1000–25 000 per industrial partner) for consultation and invited lectures by AbbVie, MedImmune, Ablynx, Bavaria Nordic, MabXience, GlaxoSmithKline, Novavax, Pfizer, Moderna, Astrazeneca, MSD, Sanofi, Genzyme, and Janssen. MB declares no competing interests.