The SMA Foundation's basic / translational research is conducted through collaborations with various research groups including the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and the Columbia University Motor Neuron Center, and through
sponsored research agreements with investigators from academic institutions, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies.
The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) is the Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) and the only GUMC organization authorized to bind the Medical Center
in sponsored research agreements.
Members of the Philadelphia Research Consortium have made a pledge to the startup and biotech community to use a universal,
sponsored research agreement with all potential partners interested in exploring preclinical discovery research with participating institutions in order to facilitate meaningful collaborations.
Through
a sponsored research agreement between UNC - Chapel Hill and Carbon 3D, the team is currently pursuing advances to the technology, as well as new materials that are compatible with it.
De Fougerolles invited Moore to give a seminar, which led to
a sponsored research agreement, and, eventually, a position on the scientific advisory board.
It was supported by
a sponsored research agreement with Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., developer of PV - 10.
Included is a «
sponsored research agreement» from 2010 which provided Blair and colleagues $ 4.4 million to explore the role of diet and exercise in weight gain.
Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded nearly $ 30 million in
sponsored research agreements.
Over the last three years, the Foundation has pledged over $ 30 million in
sponsored research agreements.
In an effort to further exploit the potential of Pexa - Vec to activate the immune system to fight cancer, as seen in McDonald's preclinical data, SillaJen recently announced a new clinical trial in collaboration with New York - based Regeneron Inc. to test Pexa - Vec and REGN2810, a PD - 1 checkpoint inhibitor, in combination against renal cell carcinoma, and recently signed
a sponsored research agreement with UCSF to enable joint support of parallel preclinical experiments by McDonald's team.
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