Thanks for the response. I do not want to belabor the point. IMHO, right now, there are a lot of maybes. What the company needs is more communication and transparency. The silence breeds huge uncertainty and speculation runs wild. The shorts have a field day and use NWBO as a punching bag because it is committed to silence. If they cannot reveal something, at least communicate that these things have not been swept under the rug and forgotten. Most of us longs have heard many statements made by Les that never came to fruition and when confronted with this, he responds by saying he was misunderstood or he never said it. What happened to the string of PRs that we're going to take place in the January timeframe several years ago. Nothing, nada and silence at the other end of the phone. Les' response? Well, sh*t happens. With NWBO it seems that a lot of sh*t happens and instead of being cleaned up, finds its way under the rug. Where are the string of PRs that were supposed to happen prior to ASCO? After ASCO? What happened to the follow up update that was supposed to be revealed at ASCO? Les said it would happen. Is he really clueless about what is going on? Or will he fall back on the well worn refrain that sh*t happens and stay tuned?
The things we investors are looking for is communication and if they cannot directly answer for reasons known only to themselves say so and offer some explanation as to why. Silence breeds huge distrust. The perceptions created by possible self dealing and "hiding something" have significantly affected the company and its valuations. Maybes and supposed good reasons are no longer satisfactory. Stay tuned and indeterminate continuation of the trial invites suspicion. I am not in the least persuaded by MB statistical analysts. NWBO has, for sure, experts helping them out. They know a LOT more than we do. Just as likely is that they are pretty sure they failed the primary/secondary end points but are hoping that trial continuation will lead to a Hail Mary long tail touch down pass. Do they have good news now? Probably they really don't know. It is entirely likely that it is a mixed bag--but they won't know until unblinding. Hiring a PR firm now with all this uncertainty is premature. You and other "defenders of the faith" have not convinced me. I stand by my criticisms of management. I strongly feel that they are not deserving of any rewards unless and until results warrant them. It is premature. Ditto for a PR firm. JMHO.
