tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post1494532013297520776..comments2024-02-21T19:56:57.057-08:00Comments on California Stem Cell Report: Reading the Economic Entrails of ESC ResearchDavid Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077329461962729362noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-83517807996627559202007-01-26T14:14:00.000-08:002007-01-26T14:14:00.000-08:00David,
The proponents of Prop 71 may have wildly ...David,<br /><br />The proponents of Prop 71 may have wildly over sold the amount of revenue that is likely to result from stem cell research.<br /><br />Now, however, Californians have through the initiative process, committed $6 billion of their money to the project. We can't undo that.<br /><br />What we can, and must, do is insist that if there are revenues generated by taxpayer-funded research that the taxpayers share equitably directly in those revenues.<br /><br />Second, there must be policies -- probably in IP rules, though other vehicles are possible, too -- that ensure that the people who paid for the research have affordable access to any treatments and cures that are developed with their taxpayer dollars.<br /><br />John M. Simpson<br />Stem Cell Project Director<br />Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer RightsJMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08308570006368632871noreply@blogger.com