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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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Wa Xian

University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston, Department: Internal Medicine/medicine

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

MultiClonal Therapeutics Inc.

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)

Dr. Xian is one of the founders of MultiClonal Therapeutics Inc. and has equity in MultiClonal Therapeutics Inc., which is a private, for-profit company located in Connecticut. The founders have developed a media for growing stem cells from regenerative columnar epithelia and these cells along with the media for propagating them will allow for opportunities for basic academic research into mechanisms regulating stem cell dynamics and drug development, validation, and discovery by the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Xian is one of the inventors of this technology, which has been patented and published, and licensed to the company. The research will utilize this technology to evaluate a form of inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s Disease.

Listed Research Project
Pathogenic Heterogeneity in Mucosal Stem Cells in Pediatric Crohn's Disease

NARRATIVE New technologies that enable the cloning of intestinal stem cells are revealing a heterogeneity among those of Crohn's patients that likely contributes to the disease and represents new therapeutic targets to induce remission or overall mitigation of this disease.

Filed on December 21, 2018.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Wa Xian University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston Conflict of Interest Tract Pharmaceuticals $0 - $4,999
Wa Xian University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston Conflict of Interest Tract Pharmaceuticals Value cannot be readily determined
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