Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Fan Zhang
Boston Children's Hospital, Department: Na
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Affinivax, Inc.
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
Dr. Zhang is a scientific founder of Affinivax, the main mission of which is to develop novel vaccines using the MAPS technology developed by Drs. Zhang, Lu and Malley. One of the main goals of the company is to ensure global access for any vaccine that the Company develops and may have applicability to the developing world. The purpose of the subject research is to optimize a TB MAPS vaccine.
As such, the outcome of the research has the potential to indirectly affect the Company in that it is conceivable that progress on this grant could enhance the view that the MAPS technology is indeed valuable. However, Affinivax does not have rights to use the MAPS technology in application to Tuberculosis and is not pursuing this area.
Optimization and preclinical development of a TB Multiple Antigen Presenting System (MAPS) vaccine
Project Narrative The proposed research is highly relevant to public health because it proposes to optimize and further the development of a tuberculosis vaccine using a new vaccine strategy, the Multiple Antigen Presenting System (MAPS), based on strong preliminary data showing efficacy of the vaccine in a mouse model. At the completion of these studies, it is expected that we will have selected a vaccine development candidate, evaluated its efficacy in a highly relevant model of pulmonary tuberculosis, and begun process development of the vaccine.
Filed on February 21, 2018.
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| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fan Zhang | Boston Children's Hospital | Conflict of Interest | Affinivax, Inc. | Value cannot be readily determined |
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