{"id":128569,"date":"2013-08-22T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longevitymedicine.tv\/stem-cells\/a-2-million-bill-outside-contracting-by-california-stem-cell-agency.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T20:30:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T00:30:23","slug":"a-2-million-bill-outside-contracting-by-california-stem-cell-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/stem-cell-therapy\/a-2-million-bill-outside-contracting-by-california-stem-cell-agency.php","title":{"rendered":"A $2 Million Bill: Outside Contracting by California Stem Cell Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"
The $3 billion California stem cell
agency this week posted a list of its outside contractors<\/a>, who range
from a a $25,000 stem cell licensing consultant to a $550,000-a-year law firm.<\/div>
<\/div>
The agency expects to spend $2
million during 2013-14 on outside contracting, down from $2.9 million
in 2012-13. This week's report covers the 2012-13 year.<\/div>
<\/div>
Outside contracting is the second
largest item in the agency's budget, which is slated to spend $17.4
million this fiscal year for operational expenses, up 5 percent
from last year's spending. The largest amount, $12.2 million, goes
for salaries and benefits. (For more on the budget, see here<\/a>, here<\/a>
and here<\/a>.)<\/div>
<\/div>
Topping the contractor list is the law
firm of Remcho, Johansen & Purcell<\/b> of San Leandro, Ca., which had
the $550,000 contract. CIRM, <\/b>as the agency is known,<\/b> reported that Remcho came in under
budget by $95,595. That contrasts to some previous years when the
firm, which has represented the stem cell agency since its inception,
required additional cash on top of its original contract. James
Harrison<\/b> of the Remcho firm is its face at the agency and is
designated as the outside counsel to the agency's governing board. In
all, the agency is slated to spend $2.2 million on legal expenses,
including in-house work.<\/div>
<\/div>
David Earp<\/b> is the stem cell licensing
contractor. He was paid only $13,125 on his $25,000 contract during
2012-13. It is unclear whether he will be paid the $11,875 balance.
Earp was chief patent counsel and senior vice president for business
development for Geron<\/b> before it dropped its stem cell program. Earp was heavily involved in the $25 million loan<\/a> that CIRM made to Geron in 2011. In
February 2008, he testified before CIRM<\/a> about its then proposed loan
program.<\/div>
<\/div>
The list of contractors included
$200,000 to the AlphaMed Press<\/b> of Durham, N.C., as seed funding for a
stem cells translational journal, $156,434 to Hyatt Hotels<\/b> for the
meeting of CIRM grant recipients, $250,000 to Kutir Corp<\/b>. of Newark, Ca., for
informational technology services and $290,000 to the Mitchell
Group <\/b>of Woodland Hills, Ca., <\/b>also for information technology services.<\/div>
<\/div>
The list of contractors will be
presented to the CIRM governing board at its meeting next week<\/a>. The
list does not usually trigger any significant discussion.<\/div>

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