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.

Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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James Olson

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Department: Na

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

Blaze Biosciences

Disclosed Value

Value cannot be readily determined

Listed Reason

Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)

See attached

Listed Research Project

Chlorotoxin as a Targeting Agent for Cancer Therapies

Most cancer drugs fail to enter into the brain and are therefore not helpful to brain tumor patients. We previously discovered and developed 'Tumor Paint' a scorpion-derived peptide that delivers fluorescent (light) molecules into brain tumors and illuminates the cancer but not normal brain. We now extend that work to create peptides that deliver potent chemotherapy or radiation sensitizing drugs specifically to brain tumors.

Filed on September 24, 2014.

Name	Institution	Type	Company	Disclosed Value
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	$100,000 - $149,999
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	$80,000 - $99,999
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	$80,000 - $99,999
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Blaze Biosciences	$40,000 - $59,999
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	$40,000 - $59,999
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Blaze Biosciences	$40,000 - $59,999
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Blaze Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Blaze Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Blaze Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined
James Olson	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Conflict of Interest	Presage Biosciences	Value cannot be readily determined

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Sources: National Institutes of Health, public records requests filed at multiple public state universities

Notes: When a more specific filing date is not available for an individual financial disclosure or conflict of interest form, we use the year the form was filed. If the year was not disclosed, we report the range of years covered by our public records requests. In a few cases, a start date was provided instead of a filing date. In those cases, we use the start date instead.

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