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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David Wong
University of California Los Angeles, Department: Dentistry
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RNAmeTRIX
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
Professor Wong is the inventor of a process for using genomic and proteomic targets in saliva for human disease detection which is used and validated in this research. The Regents own the intellectual property, which has been exclusively licensed to RNAmeTRIX. Professor Wong is the Co-Founder of RNAmeTRIX, has (b)(4) shares of stock in RNAmeTRIX representing approximately (b)(4) of the total company value. He also serves as the company’s Director and Scientific Advisor. He is the inventor of IP assigned to the Regents which has been licensed to RNAmeTRIX. RNAmeTRIX has sublicensed that IP to PeriRX. Professor Wong is a consultant for PeriRX and has disclosed that he earned (b)(4) during the last 12 months.
Clinical Utility of Salivary ExRNA Biomarkers for Gastric Cancer Detection
Extracellular RNA (exRNA) is an emerging paradigm in cellular communication, biomarker development, therapeutic applications and systemic physiology. This UH2/UH3 project is to test the hypothesis that salivary exRNA biomarker can be developed for the detection of a human disease condition, gastric cancer. The discovered salivary exRNA biomarkers will be determined if they can be definitively validated. The definitive validation of the salivary exRNA for gastric cancer detection will credential the clinical utility of salivary exRNA for biomarker development for human disease detection.
Filed on October 30, 2013.
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David Wong filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Wong | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | EZLifeBio | >$600,000 |
| David Wong | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | RNAmeTRIX | $100,000 - $149,999 |
| David Wong | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | RNAmeTRIX | $100,000 - $149,999 |
| David Wong | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | EZLifeBio | $40,000 - $59,999 |
| David Wong | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | RNAmeTRIX | Value cannot be readily determined |
| David Wong | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | RNAmeTRIX | Value cannot be readily determined |
| David Wong | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | RNAmeTRIX | Value cannot be readily determined |
| David Wong | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | EZLifeBio | 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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