CRIS Cáncer donará 3,6 millones a Vega Oncotargets tras polémica

La Fundación CRIS contra el Cáncer destinará los 3,6 millones de euros recaudados a la empresa Vega Oncotargets fundada por Mariano Barbacid. La decisión llega tras una campaña controvertida por generar expectativas excesivas sobre un tratamiento contra el cáncer de páncreas.

La fundación informó que el dinero se entregará de forma progresiva durante dos años, sujeto al cumplimiento de hitos supervisados por un comité de expertos. Los resultados de los estudios volverán después al Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas para su validación.

Además, CRIS aportará 750.000 euros al grupo de Oncología Experimental del CNIO para continuar los estudios en ratones. Barbacid había renunciado a sus acciones del 9,77% en Vega Oncotargets tras revelarse un conflicto de intereses no declarado.

La Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Estados Unidos retiró temporalmente el estudio publicado en PNAS por este motivo. La revista lo republicó posteriormente con la debida divulgación de que Barbacid y dos coautoras eran cofundadores de la empresa.

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