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Topic: Public Policy
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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Financial risk management – trouble for entrepreneurs and innovators
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The Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology
The federal government struggles to clarify biotech policies
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President Obama lifts stem cell research limitations
A pledge to “make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology”
