Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

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Nothing wrong with devil's advocate perspective. A healthy dose of skepticism is important to maintain perspective of all possible outcomes.

Still, I don't think that Dr. Missling would bother to submit to a journal or want to present at a conference in any manner if he didn't feel the data merited public attention, and from that I can extrapolate that the data is probably pretty good.

It is strange that he didn't choose to announce the data though. My best guess is that he plans on tapping into the shelf offering soon and felt that showing all his cards now increases the likelihood of shorts taking positions, driving the price down, and forcing him to sell shares at a reduced valuation.