Cytodyn Inc (CYDY)

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The ever-credible five-ninety-five outfit, STAT, and big-pharma DO NOT LIKE the setup for the announcement.

Saturday Trump tweeted that:

The deep state, or whoever, over at the FDA is making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and therapeutics. Obviously, they are hoping to delay the answer until after November 3rd. Must focus on speed, and saving lives!

Top biotech execs and FDA bureaucrats are apoplectic because, it seems, science is pure and pristine, and FDA is beyond reproach:

FDA really is a unique and vital agency, and right now it’s undertaking a series of activities that could not be more important to the health and well-being of Americans. [former FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg]

One of the great things about FDA is that decisions are made by full-time civil servants without conflicts. [former FDA commissioner Robert Califf]

And, of course, big pharma does not dispute that!

We are confident everyone is moving as fast as possible to ensure any vaccine or new therapy is both safe and effective for patients to use [Rich Masters, BIO’s executive vice president for public affairs]

And, of course, the only thing that drives policy is Science, with a big, capital "S". [Ha!]

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The FDA is not explicitly in it for the money and they don't receive bribes from big pharma. But they are friends with and talk with and walk with big pharma in unseemly ways. They listen to big pharma, who are masters at casting doubts on competitors and especially on potential competitors. We hear their faint echos all around us, but the real pros spend their energy on lobbying the FDA, touting their own products, casting doubts on others. All CYDY has to offer is leronlimab, which is a great chemical, but great politics requires great money and great connections, both of which CYDY is lacking.