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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Melissa Kacena
Indiana Univ Purdue Univ at Indianapolis, Department: Orthopedics
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Osteofuse, LLC
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
Dr. Kacena is the principal officer of Osteofuse, LLC and owns more than (b)(4) of the entity. Osteofuse, LLC is currently “on paper” only and in the process of attempting to file patent applications (international use patent) for a bone healing therapy based on thrombopoietin.
Angiogenic Therapy: Novel Approaches to Enhance Bone Regeneration in Aging
PROJECT NARRARIVE Bone healing in the older population has been a challenge in orthopaedics. Successful accomplishment of this project will determine the degree to which the degeneration of endothelial cells (blood vessel forming cells) during aging is responsible for the age-related decline in the bone healing process. This may reveal the need to tailor treatment paradigms for elderly patients.
Filed on April 12, 2019.
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Melissa Kacena filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa A. Kacena | Indiana Univ Purdue Univ at Indianapolis | Conflict of Interest | Osteofuse, LLC | Value cannot be readily determined |
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