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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Gordon William Laurie
University of Virginia, Department: Anatomy/cell Biology
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University of Virginia
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
P.I. Laurie has substantial equity in TearSolutions, LLC, which was founded to pursue commercial translation of technology developed/discovered in his laboratory. This technology, invented here at the University of Virginia and licensed to TearSolutions, pertains to the laboratory's discovery, naming and characterization of a novel factor, "lacritin", that regulates tearing in the eye. TearSolutions, LLC seeks to develop and commercialize a lactritin-based eye drop for the treatment of 'dry eye'.
This NIH award aims to optimize and test (pre-clinically) synthetic peptides to advance understanding of how lacritin triggers ocular surface tearing and promotes ocular surface health.
The results of this research would potentially benefit the company.
Lacritin Regulated Ocular Surface Homeostasis
Dry eye is very common. This project works out the mechanism by which lacritin promotes tearing and protects the eye from stress.
Filed on May 12, 2014.
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Gordon William Laurie filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Laurie | University of Virginia | Conflict of Interest | TearSolutions, Inc | Value cannot be readily determined |
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