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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Arun Sanyal
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department: Internal Medicine/medicine
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Sanyal Biotechnology
Intellectual property rights (e.g., royalties, patents, copyrights) not from the awardee Institution
A review performed by the Conflict of Interest Committee (COI) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) determined that there is an appearance of a conflict of interest between Dr. Arun Sanyal and Sanyal Biotechnology. The conflicted individual is a founder of Sanyal Biotechnology, holds majority ownership interest in Sanyal Biotechnology (along with VCU), and has commercialized IP, which is owned by VCU Intellectual Property Foundation (IPF) and licensed to Sanyal Biotechnology. The research supported by this grant utilizes this licensed IP in an associated protocol ("The unfolded protein response in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis").
Training Grant in Digestive Diseases and Liver Diseases
A comprehensive training program that includes didactic lectures, research seminars, technology seminars, journal clubs, cell biology courses and hands on training in research to preprare postdoctoral candidates for leadership roles in academic gastroenterology. There are five major participating units with a total of 25 participating faculty who are independently funded and have extensive collaborative networks with faculty members who also frequently co-mentor trainees. The five units are: (1) Enteric neuro-muscular and epithelial biology, (2) Hepatobiliary lipids, (3) GI cancer, (4) Clinical-Translational and (5) Alcohol related disorders.
Filed on August 26, 2016.
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Arun Sanyal filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arun Sanyal | Virginia Commonwealth University | Conflict of Interest | Sanyal Biotechnology | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Arun Sanyal | Virginia Commonwealth University | Conflict of Interest | Sanyal Biotechnology | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Arun Sanyal | Virginia Commonwealth University | Conflict of Interest | Sanyal Biotechnology | 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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