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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Jeremiah Morrissey
Washington University, Department: Anesthesiology
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Auragent Biosciences
Other : Licensing through awardee institution
It was determined Dr. Morrissey’s personal financial relationship with Auragent Biociences, related to the above referenced research, creates a financial conflict of interest due to the following reasons:
• The primary focus of Auragent, an entity with which Dr. Morrissey owns equity, is to commercialize the the IP, entitled “Plasmonic Skin as a Universal Fluoresence Enhancer” being developed and evaluated in the above mentioned research.
• Since Dr. Morrissey owns equity in the company and will earn royalties from the sale and distribution of the IP, Dr. Morrissey could directly benefit should the company’s equity value increase as a result of the study.
• Dr. Morrissey’s role, as identified below, could directly affect the study.
While it was determined financial conflicts of interest exist, sufficient mechanisms exist to ensure the objectivity and integrity of the research and adequate protections are in place for the human research participants, based on the following reasons:
• The associated human studies are low risk studies that collect urine samples to be used in assays.
• The research is basic in nature and in its early stages.
• Dr. Morrissey has no patient involvement and is not involved in the consent process or enrollment.
• Additionally, a plan has been developed to mitigate the financial conflict of interest, which is outlined below.
NANOTECH BIOMARKERS FOR RENAL CANCER INTERVENTION: CLINICAL VALIDATION & UTILITY
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most lethal urologic malignancy with an incidence exceeding that of leukemia and pancreatic cancer in men, and that of ovarian and pancreatic cancer in women. It now accounts for almost 4% of adult malignancies. Due to increased general diagnostic use of abdominal imaging, the incidental discovery of occult small renal masses has increased. However, radiologic screening is impractical, expensive, and cannot reliably differentiate RCC from a benign mass. The unmet need is a sensitive and specific tumor marker for the differential diagnosis of imaged renal masses and population screening to detect RCC We have identified novel urine biomarkers of RCC, determined their clinical validity, and developed nanotechnology-based assays for these markers. Here we determine the clinical utility of the nano-assays in a 25,000 patient screening protocol. Successful completion will provide a non-invasive means of detecting kidney cancer and an adjunct to accurately diagnose renal images.
Filed on July 25, 2018.
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Jeremiah Morrissey filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Morrissey | Washington University | Conflict of Interest | Auragent Biosciences | Value cannot be readily determined |
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