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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Weiguo Tao
Purdue University, Department: Biochemistry
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Tymora Analytical Operations, LLC
Other : Co-founder, co-owner of this non-publicly traded company
Prof. Tao is the Chief Scientific Officer of Tymora. In his research program at Purdue, including research sponsored by DHHS/NIH, Prof. Tao develops prototypes of novel technologies that are sometimes licensed by Tymora. The outcome of this specific research project may become relevant for the business scope and activities of Tymora and the company may choose to license IP developed in this project.
Prof. Tao's wife is working for Tymora and is in charge of product packing and book keeping. She receives an annual salary from Tymora ((b)(6)).
A Proteomic Platform to identify and Validate Biomarkers in Metabolic Syndrome and Coronary Artery Disease
Early detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) can save numerous people?s life by providing earlier and better disease diagnosis, improved prognosis for patient monitoring, and preventative screening that can identify patients at highest risk. This NIH RO1 application will develop a novel platform for biomarker discovery which will couple with a large animal model for accurate and efficient identification of protein markers for metabolic syndrome and onset of CAD.
Filed on May 08, 2017.
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Weiguo Tao filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weiguo Tao | Purdue University | Conflict of Interest | Tymora Analytical Operations, LLC | $40,000 - $59,999 |
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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