People who want to take advantage of this year's gift-tax exemption should beware of one giant constraint: The Internal Revenue Service will deny tax benefits to a trust if the person who sets it up retains control, either himself or through an agent.
At this point, though, I can say that this should be a very positive step towards establishing beyond any doubt another therapeutic option for patients with GIST using a novel molecularly-targeted agent if Gleevec proves inadequate to control the disease.
In the case of project financing, a credible Western agent bank (not the International Moscow Bank or Moscow Narodny) located outside of Russia and Russian control should be utilized for deposit of newly generated income streams.