So says the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the Western Division of American Fisheries' biologist, the Independent Scientific Advisory Board and more than 200 individual Northwest scientists.
Recently, an independent scientific advisory board made up of expert clinical oncologists reviewed the data and recommended that further clinical trials were warranted due to the encouraging efficacy in advanced gastrointestinal tumors such as pancreatic and gastric.
HiEnergy Technologies (OTC BB:HIET), which has continued to be under pressure from the media amidst several damaging stories, last week announced the conclusion of its regular scientific review meeting with its independent Scientific Advisory Board.
Based on input from both our independent Scientific Advisory Board and other independent advisors, in early 2001 we had decided to use the entire back of the package for two of the Vegas(TM) cigarette brands sold by our subsidiary, Star Tobacco, Inc.
Perito, the company's Chairman and President, to senior executives with the major tobacco companies, Star Scientific indicated that this decision was supported unanimously by their Board of Directors, and was in part a response to input and advice from the researchers and public health consultants who comprise the company's independent Scientific Advisory Board.
Star's Chairman and CEO, said that he was reassured by the responsible approach taken by Star and B&W in their long-term contract, which provides that neither company will make any health claims regarding the low-TSNA tobacco until there is sufficient good science to support these claims as interpreted by Star's independent Scientific Advisory Board, which will be composed of highly credentialed scientists, physicians, clinicians, epidemiologists and public health experts.
