Footnotes

• Contributors Both authors have contributed to the preparation of this editorial.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests PJT has acted as an Investigator for Aimmune Therapeutics and DBV Technologies in respect of food allergy desensitisation studies and has received speaker fees from DBV Technologies and personal fees in respect of Advisory Board membership for both companies. PJT reports grants from UK Medical Research Council and NIHR/Imperial BRC in respect of food allergy research; travel expenses from Allergenis; personal fees from ILSI Europe outside the submitted work.

• Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

• Patient consent for publication Not required.