Response from Robert Klein to Lee-Halpern Petition
By Robertk Klein
| 03. 18. 2005
Dear Mr. Halpern and Dr. Lee,
The petition that you filed with the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 raises very important issues, which merit careful consideration by the full body of the Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee (ICOC), the governing board of the institute, in public meetings. The ICOC intends, as we have previously stated in public hearings, to invite the public to participate in open discussions of each of these items. In addition, we reiterate that no research grants will be awarded until appropriate excellent standards are in place, based upon NIH standards where applicable and/or National Academy of Sciences standards (or similar highly respected and proven standards) when those standards cover areas not fully addressed by the NIH standards. All of these decisions are subject to ICOC study, review, and approval.
As an interim solution, while we work to schedule public discussion of the meaningful questions that you raise, the ICOC has deemed it most appropriate to delegate authority to me to work with counsel to respond to your petition on its merits. Our...
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