Navigation Links
Controller's Stem Cell Agency Audit Ignores California Agency's Built-in Flaws
Date:5/12/2008

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An audit of the state stem cell agency by California's Controller ignores fundamental flaws in Proposition 71 that created the agency, Consumer Watchdog said today.

The audit released by State Controller John Chiang found that with a relatively minor exception the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) complies with the requirements of Proposition 71, the initiative that created the agency, as they relate to conflict-of-interest policies, grant administration, administrative expenses and expenditures.

"The problem is that Prop 71 deliberately created an oversight board that is fraught with conflict," said John M. Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's Stem Cell Oversight and Accountability Project. "The board is dominated by representatives of the very institutions that will receive most of the $3 billion in research funds handed out. Controller Chiang found that CIRM is following Prop 71's rules, but those rules specifically put the foxes in charge of the chicken coop."

Find a copy of the controller's news release and audit here: http://www.sco.ca.gov/eo/pressbox/2008/05/pr08026.pdf.

The audit found that "specialist" scientists had failed to sign post-review conflict-of-interest certification forms and urged that they be required to do so. CIRM said it would follow the advice.

"Big deal," said Simpson. "Under Prop 71, none of these disclosures are open to public review. They should be."

The audit did not deal with the case of John Reed, a board member who tried to influence the awarding of a grant to his institution, The Burnham Institute for Medical Research. The state's ethic's board, The Fair Political Practices Commission, is investigating that incident at Consumer Watchdog's request. Chiang also asked the FPPC to investigate.

Besides being
'/>"/>

SOURCE Consumer Watchdog
Copyright©2008 PR Newswire.
All rights reserved

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3

Related biology technology :

1. European Regulatory Agency Supports OPAXIO(TM) Brand Name for Cell Therapeutics Lung Cancer Drug
2. Biopure Announces Date to Meet with UKs Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency
3. Biopure Completes U.K. Regulatory Agency Inspection
4. Lambert, Edwards & Associates Named Agency of Record for The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative
5. Ketchum Joins Forces with Clinical Trial Recruitment Agency MMG
6. Crisis Management PR Firms Advice to Stem Cell Agency Laundered Through Law Firm to Avoid Scrutiny
7. Quest PharmaTech and BC Cancer Agency to Develop Immuno Photodynamic Therapies for Lung Cancer
8. Defense Threat Reduction Agency Halts Contract Negotiations With Peregrine Pharmaceuticals as It Suffers $100 Million Cut in FY 2008 Budget for Its Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative (TMTI) Program
9. Stem Cell Agency Finally Reveals Institutions Involved in Conflict Problem
10. Sequella Lead Drug Compound SQ109 Receives Orphan Drug Status From the US FDA and Orphan Medicinal Product Designation From the European Medicines Agency for the Treatment of Tuberculosis
11. International Atomic Energy Agency and National Foundation for Cancer Research Launch Major Initiative to Improve Cancer Prevention and Treatments in Developing Countries
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:5/20/2013)... 2013 Recognizing exciting and innovative ... to its 2013 Class of Young Professors. ... provide this outstanding international group with more than ... science to meet global challenges.     , The DuPont ... young and untenured research faculty working in areas ...
(Date:5/19/2013)... May 19, 2013 Switzerland’s MS ... announced a new speed record for a transatlantic crossing ... Palmas, Spain, on April 25, 2013, the solar powered ... at the average speed of 5.3 knots before reaching ... May 18, 2013. The first-of-its-kind catamaran completed this year’s ...
(Date:5/17/2013)... Organ transplant rejection occurs when the transplant recipient,s immune ... attacks it. It was previously thought that T cells, ... activated by molecules known as chemokines in order to ... the Journal of Clinical Investigation , Fadi Lakkis ... to demonstrate that chemokine stimulation of T cells is ...
(Date:5/17/2013)... , May 17, 2013 ... the most innovative thought leaders of the medical ... Manufacturing East conference and expo, from June 18-20 ...      (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130517/613829 ) , ... to deliver industry professionals practical presentations and implementable ...
Breaking Biology Technology:DuPont Celebrates Scientific Innovation by Recognizing Young Professors 2DuPont Celebrates Scientific Innovation by Recognizing Young Professors 3MS Tûranor PlanetSolar Sets World Speed Record for Transatlantic Crossing by Solar Electric Vessel 2MS Tûranor PlanetSolar Sets World Speed Record for Transatlantic Crossing by Solar Electric Vessel 3MS Tûranor PlanetSolar Sets World Speed Record for Transatlantic Crossing by Solar Electric Vessel 4MS Tûranor PlanetSolar Sets World Speed Record for Transatlantic Crossing by Solar Electric Vessel 5MS Tûranor PlanetSolar Sets World Speed Record for Transatlantic Crossing by Solar Electric Vessel 6MedTech Innovate Seminars: New Interactive Learning Forums at 2013 MD&M East 2
... ... Safety Solutions Continues to Accelerate., , ... (PRWEB) June 22, 2010 -- iCardiac Technologies, Inc. , a ... top 20 pharmaceutical companies have recently selected iCardiac as a preferred vendor. iCardiac ...
... 21 A global research team led by scientists ... new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ... genome. Lead author, Ewen Kirkness , Ph.D., JCVI, directed ... of the genome was then conducted by a large international ...
... 21 Dyadic International, Inc. (Pink Sheets: DYAI), ... addresses the needs of the multi-billion dollar biofuels market ... biomass into ethanol and other forms of alternative energy, ... firm, The Abraham Group, to provide strategic advice and ...
Cached Biology Technology:Three Top 20 Pharmaceutical Companies Select iCardiac as Preferred Vendor 2Multinational Research Team Led by J. Craig Venter Institute's Ewen Kirkness Sequence Body Louse Genome 2Multinational Research Team Led by J. Craig Venter Institute's Ewen Kirkness Sequence Body Louse Genome 3Dyadic International Engages The Abraham Group as Strategic Advisor 2Dyadic International Engages The Abraham Group as Strategic Advisor 3Dyadic International Engages The Abraham Group as Strategic Advisor 4
(Date:5/17/2013)... day, insects provide the white noise of the South, but ... year, the Southern air hangs heavy from the humidity and ... more than 140 species of frogs, toads and salamanders, is ... the ponds and swamps are the auditorium for their symphonic ... and Monitoring Initiative, or ARMI, have front-row seats. ...
(Date:5/17/2013)... all ages will celebrate the science and technology ... daily lives during the inaugural Atlanta Science Festival, ... from local museums, corporations, K-12 schools and universities, ... events for children and adults at venues across ... , The annual Atlanta Science Festival is ...
(Date:5/17/2013)... Shenzhen, China---- Why Tibetan antelope can live at ... a collaborative research published in Nature Communications ... institutes provide evidence that some genetic factors may ... highland environments. The data in this work will ... and the biology of other ruminant species. , ...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Front-row seats to climate change 2Front-row seats to climate change 3Front-row seats to climate change 4First Atlanta Science Festival set for 2014 2The genome sequence of Tibetan antelope sheds new light on high-altitude adaptation 2
... gibbons, arboreal primates that inhabit the jungles of Southeast Asia, ... in the genomes of all other primates, including humans. This ... approximately 25 million years ago. Their results are reported ... Research . , Agouti signaling protein ( ASIP ) was ...
... two novel genes within the tumors of women with early ... and are not at risk for early relapse or cancer-related ... April 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research. , "The HOXB13 ... marker of relapse in hormone-receptor positive breast cancer treated with ...
... cancer-causing virus that was thought to be unimportant for its ... initiate an infection and to reproduce. , The study ... a protein it makes called p13. The protein is one ... done in laboratory-grown cells suggested that the virus could live ...
Cached Biology News:Major obesity gene is 'lost in the shuffle' 2Mayo Clinic study finds two genes predict outcome for breast cancer patients 2Cancer virus protein needed for successful infection 2
ICC Diluent Buffer 250 ml...
This antibody is specific for human J-chain as defined by ELISA assay using purified human immunoglobulin fragments as solid phase target antigen....
...
Tissue-Stat ( Tissue Adherent for Mounting Formalin-Fixed and Frozen Tissue Sections.)...
Biology Products: