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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Benjamin M. Larimer
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department: Radiation Diagnostic/oncology
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Cytosite Biopharma Inc.
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
The outcome of the research is of significant business interest to the entity and therefore the financial interest is likely to change based on the result.
Quantitative PET Imaging for Oncologic Immune Response Prediction
Project Narrative Immune checkpoint inhibitors activate the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells, and have markedly advanced treatment options for patients with a broad variety of cancers. However, standard imaging methods are often not useful in response assessment of immune modulators due to a lack of change in tumor size or metabolic activity with an immune cell infiltrate. To address this unmet clinical and research need, a novel PET imaging approach will be utilized to measure T cell activation within a tumor as a new imaging paradigm for tumoral response evaluation to immune modulators.
Filed on August 08, 2019.
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Benjamin M. Larimer filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin M. Larimer | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Conflict of Interest | Cytosite Biopharma Inc. | >$600,000 |
| Benjamin Larimer | Massachusetts General Hospital | Conflict of Interest | CytoSite BioPharma, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 |
| Benjamin Larimer | Massachusetts General Hospital | Conflict of Interest | CytoSite BioPharma, Inc. | Value cannot be readily determined |
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