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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Peter Sorger
Harvard Medical School, Department: Biology
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Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
A potential conflict arises from ongoing scientific collaborations with Merrimack scientists on:
• Drug-ligand responses in cancer cell lines including those from breast and other tissue
• Drug-ligand responses in non-transformed cell lines and some primary cells
• Study of some cell death receptors
• Collaboration on therapeutic antibodies from third parties
The Sorger laboratory, however, does not use or study Merrimack proprietary drugs and compounds.
The HMS Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology
The computational biologists, physician-scientists and pharmacologists in the Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology will apply a combined measure-model approach to understanding the mechanisms of action of therapeutic drugs in multiple disease areas. They will develop and apply new tools to (i) investigate the factors that determine the therapeutic index of drugs at a single cell level and in tissues (ii) apply knowledge of cellulr networks to develop a rational approach to combination therapy (iii) identify and qualify new drug targets for significant unmet medical needs. Success with our approach will advance personalized medicine and reduce the frequency of late-stage failure in drug discovery, thereby reducing the cost of new medicines.
Filed on October 15, 2014.
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Peter Sorger filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sorger | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $200,000 - $249,999 |
| Peter Sorger | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $200,000 - $249,999 |
| Peter Sorger | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 |
| Peter Sorger | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | RareCyte | $10,000 - $19,999 |
| Peter Sorger | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | RareCyte, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 |
| Peter Sorger | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 |
| Peter Sorger | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 |
| Peter Sorger | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | Glencoe Software | $0 - $4,999 |
| Peter Sorger | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | RareCyte | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Peter Sorger | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | RareCyte, Inc. | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Peter Sorger | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | Glencoe Software | Value cannot be readily determined |
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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