Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

This database was last updated in December 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. There may be new or amended records not reflected here.

Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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Brendan Frett

Univ of Arkansas for Med Scis, Department: None

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

Synactix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Intellectual property rights (e.g., royalties, patents, copyrights) not from the awardee Institution

The Investigator has an equity interest in Synactix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. which has licensed Intellectual Property the Investigator holds from the University of Arizona. He serves as Key Personnel on research that has the potential to impact the value of the company and the intellectual property.

Listed Research Project
Selective RET Kinase and Its Mutant Inhibitors for the Treatment of Medullary Thyroid Cancer

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in United States, and new therapeutics are desperately needed to combat this disease. Due to the challenges of identifying a selective RET inhibitor, an effective treatment of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is still an unmet medical need. In a new research effort we will utilize validated computational models of RET and fragment-based screening to develop a RET inhibitor clinical candidate with a high kinase selectivity profile. The resulting selective RET inhibitor is expected to increase MTC survival from months to multiple years.

Filed on October 05, 2018.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Brendan Frett Univ of Arkansas for Med Scis Conflict of Interest Synactix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
Brendan Frett Univ of Arkansas for Med Scis Conflict of Interest Synactix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
Brendan Frett Univ of Arkansas for Med Scis Conflict of Interest Synactix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
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