CIRM Hiring of Former Geron Exec Raises Conflict of Interest Questions
The California stem cell agency has hired a former executive of Geron Corp. to serve as a consultant on a $50 million clinical trial award round in which Geron is expected to be an applicant.
He is Laurence Elias, who worked for Geron from March 2006 until October 2009 as vice president for oncology clinical development.
In April, Nature Medicine identi…
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