I agree with most of your comments. However, the issue with Les/Linda has always been their inability to communicate properly even when they do. Obviously I am aware that there may be good reasons for why they do not address reasons for the hold and its lifting, etc., etc. However, as you point out they can do a much better job of communicating of where they are and the status of certain issues that they know have been long pending and outstanding.
Linda's alluding to a possible fall data collection is a case in point. In a MB exchange with BearTrap, I addressed this issue. I won't belabour it here but the point is that you never really know where Les and Linda stand. The constant railing about nefarious forces by Les every time I call him gets old and appears as an attempt to obfuscate issues as an excuse for lack of transparency. I know that others who have spoken with Les have encountered similar soliloquies. It gets old real fast.
Where is the publication? A response by Linda saying it's out of their hands is completely disingenuous. And her statements on time lines are clearly contradictory. It is certainly reasonable to surmise that the publication contains nothing earth shattering but is promising so stay tuned, yada, yada, yada. If the blinded data were that good, that "interesting", trust me, a top tier journal would pounce on it. We are talking about the "king of cancers" where little progress has been made in a fearsome fast killing disease with unacceptable alternatives. The best you can do is Temodar, Avastin, a helmet? Puhleeeeeze. I am certain that if, for example, blended mOS were 27-28 months and we are three times what Optune was at the same stage, the NEJM, Lancet, et al would be falling all over themselves to get the scoop. The apologia that I read on this MB and Linda's excuses on that "damned" publication are completely unconvincing. Rather, they engender doubts about how really good and "interesting" the data is. It might appeal to the medical community but not necessarily to the investing public at large/Wall Street. And the latter are very important if NWBO management wants to reach one of its objectives in releasing the publication in the first place---raising the pps. After the vote, how do you think investors would feel with another raise at today's closing price? Further, Les told a number of people including myself that the pub would be released shortly--within a week-- after the vote on April 27th. Here we are a month later and? Crickets. And don't get me started on the 90 days investigation fiasco. WTF has Cofer been doing to merit his bonus shares? There is a lot simmering to a boil and investors' patience and good will, large and small, are wearing thin. If Les and Linda believe they have a lengthy get out of jail card, they have a very weird sense of judgement.
Longfellow, I think you mean well and I follow your posts among a very few others. But it is time for NWBO management to produce. Bottom line, if NWBO is going to have the pub released, get it done NOW. No more "its out of our hands" excuses. And, the contents had better be compelling. Any less than that, management is not only shooting itself in the foot but also in the head. If they decide not to release because the data by now is stale, fine, but then tell us what they are gonna do without equivocation. They gotta deliver on top line at least before the end of this year if not sooner. I am sure other shareholders will join me in exclaiming enough is enough.
