Sacramento Bee Ten of the 29 directors of California's new stem cell program serve on biotech or pharmaceutical firms' boards of directors or have extensive holdings…
A panel votes today on what the lowest price really means.Sacramento Bee "I'm not comfortable that what they're calling for is the lowest price," said John…
Sacramento Bee (California) What is wrong with this picture? Plenty, if you think that public stewards of taxpayer money should keep at arm's length from those…
Sacramento Bee The Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights had also suggested the lower federal price as a condition of licensing state research.
Governor Cites State Deficit In Opposing Leaders' Pay A consumer advocate who watches the institute's actions closely said he shares the governor's concerns about the chairman…
Wisconsin State Journal The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a nonprofit watchdog group in California, called on CIRM to challenge WARF's patents in court. "It…
State institute would see a share of their profitsThe San Francisco Chronicle John Simpson, stem cell project director for the Capitol Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…
Payback rate raised to 25 percent for allSan Francisco Business Times John Simpson, stem cell project director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said…
Associated Press The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is discussing concerns over use of its stem cells by a California institute hoping to disburse $3 billion in…
29-member board sworn in; biotech exec is vice chairThe San Francisco Chronicle A Los Angeles nonprofit, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, issued a news…
Associated Press Jerry Flanagan of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said that a main concern is that research grants will be given on the…
The state's stem cell institute this week tripled the salary of one of its vice chairmen, former state Democratic Party chief Art Torres. Torres previously received…
