PGR conducted negotiations with Roche, Hologic, and Becton Dickinson to obtain reagents at reduced price or for free as the principal investigator of an independent study, funded by the Italian Ministry of Health. MR has received financing from Public Health England for the epidemiological evaluation of cervical screening studies, is a member of various expert groups providing advice to the English Cervical Screening Programme, and has attended meetings with various HPV assay manufacturers (unpaid).