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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Karen Christman
Emory University, Department: Biomedical Engineering
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Ventrix, Inc.
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
Dr. Christman is co-founder of Ventrix, Inc. (Ventrix), member of the Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board, a consultant earning income in (b)(4) range and has approximately (b)(4) equity interest valued at (b)(4). Ventrix is focused on the development of an injectable hydrogel, VentriGel, which is a biomaterial designed for repair of damaged myocardium in adult cardiac patients. This NIH subaward from Emory University is examining whether a decellularized cardiac extracellular matrix hydrogel can improve cardiac function following right-ventricular failure alone or with cardiac progenitor cells in an effort to gain data for an FDA IND. Dr. Christman will provide oversight related to the hydrogel, rat studies and GLP like documentation.
Injectable Biomaterial for Treating Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Narrative Congenital heart disease is the most common type of birth defect and few treatments outside of surgical intervention have improved the health and quality of life of these children. We propose to examine whether either a decellularized cardiac extracellular matrix (ECM) can improve cardiac function following right-ventricular failure alone or with cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) in an effort to gain data for an FDA IND. With both therapies being tested in humans (CPCs in children and cECM in adults), the pathway to translation is direct and studies will yield potential mechanistic insights into repair of the failing RV.
Filed on July 05, 2019.
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Karen Christman filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Christman | Emory University | Conflict of Interest | Ventrix, Inc. | >$600,000 |
| Karen Christman | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | Ventrix | Value cannot be readily determined |
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