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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Brian Wainger
Massachusetts General Hospital, Department: Na
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QurAlis
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
Dr. Wainger is a paid consultant for QurAlis. He owns equity in the privately held company and receives cash compensation for serving on the SAB for the company. QurAlis is developing precision medicine therapies for the treatment of ALS. The company is currently developing therapies for three sub-forms of ALS: Immune System Malfunction, C9orf72 Repeat Expansion Toxicity, and Altered Motor System Excitability. This research grant is focused on ALS and the company could therefore have an interest in the results of the research. The Partners Committee on Outside Activities review panel evaluated Dr. Wainger’s financial interest in connection with the research and determined that the financial interest could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of the research.
A Human Stem Cell-Derived Neuromuscular Junction Model for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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Filed on May 01, 2018.
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Brian Wainger filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Wainger | Massachusetts General Hospital | Conflict of Interest | QurAlis | $5,000 - $9,999 |
| Brian Wainger | Massachusetts General Hospital | Conflict of Interest | QurAlis | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Brian Wainger | Massachusetts General Hospital | Conflict of Interest | QurAlis | 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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