Conflicts of Interest – AZ

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“European Medicines Agency, Scientific Advisory Group of Vaccines Stakeholders: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/partners-networks/pharmaceutical-industry )).In 2016, became a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Scientific Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) ”

Just having a look at the Listed Conflicts on the AstraZeneca Trial Analysis Data 👀

(I mean you wouldn’t want Independent Researchers looking into it before it got mandated to the entire world or anything? “If the people who make it say it’s safe & effective, it must be safe & effective” – let’s just roll up our sleeves then)

  • Vaccitech is an Oxford University spin-out company that owns the biotechnology behind the AstraZeneca Vaccine.
    • The company was founded in 2016 as a University spin-off by Sarah Gilbert and Adrian V. S. Hill at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford. 
    • Vaccitech has been financed and supported by Google Ventures (GV), Sequoia Capital, GeneMatrix, Liontrust Asset Management, Korea Investment Partners and Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI).
  • International Trials sponsored by University of Oxford – lead by Andrew Pollard
  • Andrew Pollard ((Andrew J Pollard – Prof of Paediatric Infection & Immunity – Director of The Oxford Vaccine Group – Member of the World Health Organisation’s SAGE, Chair of UK Health Department’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunsation))
    • Director of The Oxford Vaccine Group
    • Oxford Vaccine Group (OVG) who receive funding from vaccine manufacturers for their trials.
    • Member of WHO SAGE since 2016 ((WHO – SAGE – Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals – Current SAGE Members (Archive.org copy) – Original URL keeps getting redirected to a “we are revamping our website” notice since April 25, 2021 https://www.who.int/immunization/sage/members/en/ ))
    • Chair of UK health Dept. Vaccination Committee
    • Chair of The Joint Committee on Vaccination & Immunisation (JCVI) ((  Joint Committee Andrew Pollard on Vaccination and Immunisation: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation#membership )) who advises WHO & UK health departments on immunisation.
    • Lead developer of the Bexsero meningococcal B vaccine, previously owned by Novartis and now owned by GSK
  • Oxford University receives funding from Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre UK [20, p.81]. ((Financial Statements 2018/19 University of Oxford | PDF P.81))
    • Oxford University Innovation (Hong Kong) Limited has entered into a joint venture with the Changzhou government in China.
    • Oxford University Innovation (Hong Kong) Limited has established a Sino-foreign joint venture in partnership with the Suzhou city government and Oxlink Investment Consulting Co. Ltd (Oxlink), Oxlink is a company registered in PRC.
    • Oxford University Innovation (Hong Kong) Limited has established a Sino-foreign joint venture in partnership with Shenzhen City Jinyucheng Science & Technology Co. Ltd (Jinyucheng), and Shenzhen City Guochuang Lianhe Science & Technology Investment Co. Ltd (Guochuang). Jinyucheng and Guochuang are companies registered in PRC.
  • Competing interests listed in the “Safety analysis” of the International trials of the AZ vaccine ((Voysey M, Clemens SAC, Madhi SA, Weckx LY, Folegatti PM, Aley PK, Angus B, Baillie VL, Barnabas SL, Bhorat QE, Bibi S, Briner C, Cicconi P, Collins AM, Colin-Jones R, Cutland CL, Darton TC, Dheda K, Duncan CJA, Emary KRW, Ewer KJ, Fairlie L, Faust SN, Feng S, Ferreira DM, Finn A, Goodman AL, Green CM, Green CA, Heath PT, Hill C, Hill H, Hirsch I, Hodgson SHC, Izu A, Jackson S, Jenkin D, Joe CCD, Kerridge S, Koen A, Kwatra G, Lazarus R, Lawrie AM, Lelliott A, Libri V, Lillie PJ, Mallory R, Mendes AVA, Milan EP, Minassian AM, McGregor A, Morrison H, Mujadidi YF, Nana A, O’Reilly PJ, Padayachee SD, Pittella A, Plested E, Pollock KM, Ramasamy MN, Rhead S, Schwarzbold AV, Singh N, Smith A, Song R, Snape MD, Sprinz E, Sutherland RK, Tarrant R, Thomson EC, Török ME, Toshner M, Turner DPJ, Vekemans J, Villafana TL, Watson MEE, Williams CJ, Douglas AD, Hill AVS, Lambe T, Gilbert SC, Pollard AJ; Oxford COVID Vaccine Trial Group. Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK. Lancet. 2021 Jan 9;397(10269):99-111. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32661-1. Epub 2020 Dec 8. Erratum in: Lancet. 2021 Jan 9;397(10269):98. PMID: 33306989; PMCID: PMC7723445.))

Financial Statements 2018/19 University of Oxford

((Financial Statements 2018/19 University of Oxford | PDF P.81))
((Financial Statements 2018/19 University of Oxford | PDF P.81))

Declared Competing-Interests in the AZ Trials Analysis

ANDREW POLLARD Prof

Declared Competing Interests in the AstraZeneca Trials Analysis

Declared Competing Interests in the AstraZeneca Trials Analysis

Declared Competing Interests in the AstraZeneca Trials Analysis

Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK. Lancet. 2021 Jan 9;397(10269):99-111. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32661-1. Epub 2020 Dec 8. Erratum in: Lancet. 2021 Jan 9;397(10269):98. PMID: 33306989; PMCID: PMC7723445.

Oxford University

Alexander D Douglas

Pedro M Folegatti

Adam Finn

Sarah C Gilbert

  • Sarah C Gilbert – co-founder of Vaccitech (collaborators in the early development of this vaccine candidate) and named as an inventor on a patent covering use of ChAdOx1-vectored vaccines and a patent application covering this SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (PCT/GB2012/000467). ((Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK. Lancet. 2021 Jan 9;397(10269):99-111. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32661-1. Epub 2020 Dec 8. Erratum in: Lancet. 2021 Jan 9;397(10269):98. PMID: 33306989; PMCID: PMC7723445.))
    • Prof Sarah Gilbert, scientist who led the team that created the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, is set for a payday of more than £20m as the biotech firm she co-founded prepares to float on the stock market in the US.
    • Gilbert owns 5.2% of Vaccitech, a Oxford University spin-out company that owns the biotechnology behind the AstraZeneca vaccine and others for MERS, hepatitis B, and a range of cancers. (( AstraZeneca vaccine scientists set for £22m payday in New York float – Sarah Gilbert, Adrian Hill and Oxford University to get windfalls when Covid vaccine firm Vaccitech goes public – TheGuardian – Apr 8, 2021 ))

Catherine Green

Adrian Hill

Andrew J Pollard

Matthew D Snape

Johan Vekemans

Tonya L Villafana

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