Company supplies tobacco compound for research

(Richmond Times Dispatch) Henrico County-based tobacco company Star Scientific Inc. said it is supplying a tobacco-derived compound to a research institute that is studying it for treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Star Scientific, which makes smokeless tobacco products, said the compound was developed by its Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals subsidiary in Massachusetts.
The research is being conducted by the Roskamp Institute of Sarasota, Fla., a nonprofit organization that this week also disclosed a financial interest in Star Scientific through one of its trustees and a for-profit affiliate.
The Roskamp Institute, which studies neurodegenerative disorders, said it plans to conduct human clinical trials with the compound, called RCP-006. Continued