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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Vaughn Smider
Scripps Research Institute, Department: Na
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Sevion Therapeutics (formerly known as Fabrus)
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
Dr. Smider founded Fabrus, a pharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel monoclonal antibodies that merge human IgG scaffolds with uniquely structured cow CDR3s. Fabrus also developed an antibody delivery system, and high through-put antibody screening technologies. Fabrus recently merged together with Senesco Technologies, now renamed as Sevion Therapeutics, a publicly traded company, that couples Fabrus technology with cancer therapeutics based on a proprietary platform in eukaryotic translations initiation Factor 5a. The funded research is utilizing the Fabrus-directed screening technology to identify cow antibodies, creating a reportable Financial Conflict of Interest.
Antibody Fingerprinting of Triple Negative Breast Cancer by High Throughput FACS
This project addresses an unmet clinical need in breast cancer, where approximately 20% of patients are diagnosed with 'Triple Negative' tumors that have a poor prognosis and lack targeted therapies. The study will screen triple negative breast cancer cells against human and cow antibody libraries that are designed in a novel way and include unique antibody structures that can recognize previously unidentified molecules at the tumor cell surface. The results could identify targets in triple negative breast cancer, improve understanding of the disease, and generate antibodies for diagnosis and treatment.
Filed on July 29, 2015.
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Vaughn Smider filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughn Smider | Scripps Research Institute | Conflict of Interest | The Scripps Research Institute | >$600,000 |
| Vaughn Smider | Scripps Research Institute | Conflict of Interest | Sevion Therapeutics (formerly known as Fabrus) | >$600,000 |
| Vaughn Smider | Scripps Research Institute | Conflict of Interest | The Scripps Research Institute | $200,000 - $249,999 |
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