NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

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I’m going to post something of a conspiracy theory about the BlackRock purchase here. I don’t buy into these theories, as I find that usually the simplest explanation is the most probable. But the timing of a large hedge fund like BlackRock buying Tennenbaum (and Cognate) could be to confound NWBO management in their FDA application, as NWBO is now reliant on BlackRock for manufacturing of their DCVax products. I hope our contract with Cognate is rock solid for providing manufacturing services as we ramp up. Otherwise I see this as a legitimate threat to the business, until we have our own manufacturing capacity. Cognate is small potatoes to an entity like BlackRock and could be used to enable Wall Street to finally win the fight to bankrupt NWBO, if that is what is truly happening.

This is all major conspiracy theory stuff. I’m hoping there is a far simpler solution for the acquisition. I would imagine that BlackRock buying Cognate from Toucan would have been much cheaper than acquiring it through Tennenbaum. That is the theory that makes me think that I’m overthinking all this. But it is a possibility.

My conspiracy theory makes for good drama, if nothing else. And let’s face it, this board loves a good story...