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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Martin Safo
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department: Pharmacology
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AesRx, LLC
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
Investigator recently received payment (at low end of above range) for consulting (on another project) with the above company which has licensed his IP and is being used in this project. The IP is owned by the university. License-related income from the IP is not a FCOI, however the level of consulting payment was determined to be an FCOI.
Hemoglobin Modifiers for Sickle Cell Disease Therapy
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited hematologic disorder, affecting over 80,000 people, primarily African-American in the US, exacerbating the disproportionate health disparity among this minority population. Most common therapeutic intervention includes blood transfusions and hydroxyurea therapies, however, these therapies are associated with some undesirable side effects and not all patients benefit from the treatment. Thus, there is still a need to develop new, more effective and non-toxic therapeutic agents against this debilitating disease.
Filed on July 24, 2014.
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