Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

[Millstone]

Anybody else think it strange that in the last few days people have been spreading debunked rumors about:
1. Dr. Macfarlane not being involved with the trial anymore - FALSE
2. Ariana having removed Anavex's logo from their website - FALSE - It was never there, but the Anavex Press Release is still on the Ariana website
3. Anavex no longer presenting at conference in Vienna - FALSE - Dr. Missling will be there and is listed as a member of a panel. He couldn't have the conference eliminate reference to THAT session because there are other entities involved (other company CEOs etc.) - I speculate that he requested that the other presentations not be revealed yet.
4. The poison pill is being put in place for nefarious means - FALSE - A poison pill is a standard corporate protection strategy that many small biotechs with something of value implement.

Did I miss anything? Oh, yes...

5. Dr. Missling cut his hair - FALSE (*that was worrisome*)

I notice that these falsehoods are arriving just as AVXL's stock price rises steadily, and as the SLB rate is at a very low point (thanks wildcard for the reports), and just before a potentially pivotal data readout. Not to forget, we have at least one institution taking 5%+ stakes, including Park West) and a well regarded biotech winner (Knoll) buying chunks of stock as well.

Some of these purveyors of doubt are professional-aligned shorts - 10 year PhD candidates who need the money and shill for the short hedge funds - ("they are cherry-picking data! Survival bias! Bootstrap, more like Buttstrap!) and some are working for other short hedge funds but have no bio knowledge ("be sure to set those sell stops!"). Many are just fair-weather longs who sold when everybody got panicky and now want to get back in. Those folks are obvious.

As institutions come in and buy up the float, the stock is becoming less the plaything of manipulators. Anybody left short will have a harder time getting out (with a profit) without resorting to some of the nefarious techniques that we are seeing.