Monday, December 3, 2012

From the Austin Business Journal: Lawmakers have 'deep concerns' over $11M CPRIT grant

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/morning_call/2012/12/lawmakers-have-deep-concerns-over.html


Lawmakers have 'deep concerns' over $11M CPRIT grant

Date: Monday, December 3, 2012, 7:04am CST
Two lawmakers who filed the 2007 bill that created the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas said Friday they have "deep concerns" over the $11 million grant awarded to a Dallas company and want answers on how the application was approved without a peer review.
State Sen. Jane Nelson and Rep. Jim Keffer are demanding a written explanation on how biomedical company Peloton Therapeutics Inc.'s proposal was OK'd without having the required formal recommendation from peer review committees, KVUE-TV reports via the Associated Press.

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