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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Lonny Levin
Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ, Department: Pharmacology
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CEP Biotech
Intellectual property rights (e.g., royalties, patents, copyrights) not from the awardee Institution
The work studying the soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) covered in this application may serve to increase interest in the study of sAC which would enhance the value of the anti-sAC antibodies sold by CEP Biotech.
Modulating intraocular pressure to treat ocular hypotony and glaucoma
The fluid inside the eye must be maintained at a consistent pressure; pressure that is too high is a fundamental characteristic of glaucoma, while pressure that is too low is called hypotony. If uncorrected, both conditions will cause blindness. Although hypotony is rare, there is no known treatment for it. We have identified a previously unappreciated regulator of pressure in the eye, and we have shown that inhibiting this regulator elevated pressure in a mouse with hypotony. In this grant application, we propose to develop inhibitors of this regulator into first-in-class therapeutics to treat hypotony and test whether activators can treat glaucoma.
Filed on October 12, 2015.
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Lonny Levin filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonny Levin | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ | Conflict of Interest | CEP Biotech, Inc. | $5,000 - $9,999 |
| Lonny Levin | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ | Conflict of Interest | Cutting Edge Pattern (CEP) Biotech | $0 - $4,999 |
| Lonny Levin | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ | Conflict of Interest | CEP Biotech | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Lonny Levin | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ | Conflict of Interest | Cutting Edge Pattern (CEP) Biotech | Value cannot be readily determined |
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