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04/09/2013 08:11 PM
CPRIT executives grilled by lawmakers
Executives for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas were being grilled by state lawmakers Tuesday. The organization is currently under criminal investigation and an audit showed millions of dollars in scientific grant funds went out, but results weren't coming in.
For House committee members, Tuesday’s meeting was all about trust, transparency, and accountability.
"How can we expect public trust to be reaffirmed?" Republican committee member Dan Flynn said.
Four months after a criminal investigation began on the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, Transparency Committee members continue to look for answers.
Questions surrounded the non-scientific grant approval for Dallas-based Pelaton Therapeutics, worth $11 million dollar.
Suspicions of grant-rigging went public in November of last year.
"When it appeared that the grant report was missing information or inaccurate, I immediately called for an investigation,” Jimmy Mansour, CPRIT chairman, said.
The CPRIT chief told the committee that $3 million dollars of that public money grant will not be recovered.
"And that is regrettable that much is lost," Mansour said.
To date three people have left CPRIT while under criminal investigation. Committee members want to know if only those three misled the entire agency.
Committee members also wanted to know how public trust could be restored in the CPRIT executives, the same executives who brought scrutiny to the cancer agency.
They also criticized the renaming of the fundraising entity of CPRIT, the CPRIT Foundation. That name change came about two weeks ago. Committee members said any money raised by the foundation needs to be returned to the state.
How can this organization survive such a lengthy, protracted war and come out winning?
One thing for sure it will never be the same and will come out weaker and slim! another win for cancer and another impediment to the CURE. The cure is with us, we just complicate our minds with politics and favoritism. What a waste! I still pray for CPRIT...SAVIOR PLEASE COME UPON THIS ORGANIZATION!...
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