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The University of Southern California has publicly apologized to the University of California, San Diego, for the way that it took over the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study in 2015, reports The San Diego Union-Tribune. At the time, Paul Aisen, other staff members, the program’s data, and contracts worth tens of millions of dollars were transferred to USC in a move that led to a lawsuit, according to the Union-Tribune.
The Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) formed in 1991 by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). In 2015, USC convinced sponsors of ADCS to move their contracts to USC, according to reporting by the Union-Tribune at the time. Aisen, who joined ADCS in 2007 as the director, says UCSD did not give the program the resources that it needed, according to the Union-Tribune. “I believe the science is more important ...
