Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

This database was last updated in December 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. There may be new or amended records not reflected here.

Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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David Spector

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Department: Na

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

Ionis Pharmaceuticals

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Other : Consulting fees and research collaborator

A FCOI #4962 with ISIS Pharmaceuticals was originally initiated in April 2013. The company (ISIS) changed its name due to the negative connotations of its name and it is now called Ionis Pharmaceuticals. The FCOI remains the same, but it has the name change to Ionis Pharmaceuticals. This FCOI report entry documents the company's name change from ISIS Pharmaceuticals to Ionis Pharmaceuticals. Ionis still provides Dr. Spector with reagents for a research project that focuses on a molecule that is in the aforementioned grant.

Listed Research Project
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Research Center

PROJECT NARRATIVE - OVERALL Despite decades of research, cancer claims more than half a million lives in the US each year. Using innovative approaches and cutting edge technology, this Program Project aims to understand how basic cellular processes are altered as normal cells become cancerous. The insights gained through this research are likely to reveal highly specific, new vulnerabilities in cancer cells that will be the basis of innovative drug development in the fight against cancer.

Filed on March 26, 2018.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
David Spector Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Conflict of Interest ISIS Pharmaceuticals $40,000 - $59,999
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