@article{7b5a279368034ae7baabf3ef57f86e51,
title = "Difficulties in ensuring review quality performed by committees under the Act on the Safety of Regenerative Medicine in Japan",
abstract = "We outlined five studies regarding the quality of the review by committees based on the Act on the Safety of Regenerative Medicine. The findings raise serious concerns about the independence, integrity, and quality of reviews of therapeutic plans by these committees with inappropriately close relationships to medical institutions and companies.",
author = "Tsunakuni Ikka and Misao Fujita and Taichi Hatta and Tetsu Isobe and Kenji Konomi and Tatsuo Onishi and Shoji Sanada and Yuichiro Sato and Shimon Tashiro and Morikuni Tobita",
note = "Funding Information: We are deeply grateful to Mr. Douglas Sipp (RIKEN) for his expert advice and generous support. We are also grateful to Dr. Spyros Goulas for providing valuable advice. This study was funded by the JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (grants 17K13665 , 21K10326 , and 22H00802 ). Funding Information: We are deeply grateful to Mr. Douglas Sipp (RIKEN) for his expert advice and generous support. We are also grateful to Dr. Spyros Goulas for providing valuable advice. This study was funded by the JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (grants 17K13665, 21K10326, and 22H00802). We conducted the studies commissioned by the MHLW. This paper is based on a part of the report published as outcomes of the commissioned projects. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 The Author(s)",
year = "2023",
month = mar,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1016/j.stemcr.2023.01.013",
language = "English",
volume = "18",
pages = "613--617",
journal = "Stem Cell Reports",
issn = "2213-6711",
publisher = "Cell Press",
number = "3",
}