Table 3.

Numbers and percentages strongly agreeing or agreeing to the statements regarding how decisions for future research should be made

	China n = 154	Egypt n = 186	India n = 127	Japan n = 864	Korea n = 105
MTAs should require that foreign collaborating scientists consult local scientists before any new use of samples	138 89.6%	170 91.4%	118 92.9%	1011 67.7%	82 78.1%
MTAs should require local scientists to have some decision making power over the future use of samples	132 85.7%	169 90.9%	108 85%	484 56.1%	76 72.3%
MTAs should require that decisions regarding future use of samples should be made jointly by a committee composed of representatives of both local and foreign scientists	110 71.4%	162 87.1%	106 83.5%	461 53.4%	72 68.5%
MTAs should require that local scientists have veto power over any future use of samples by foreign collaborating scientists	98 63.7%	156 83.8%	88 69.2%	410 47.5%	73 69.5%
MTAs should require that a local scientist is involved in the protocol development team for any future research on the samples	130 84.4%	165 88.7%	103 81.1%	457 52.9%	70 66.2%