Ridiculous. According to your post they made an IND submission before they submitted their pre-IND meeting request: "IND submitted to FDA on 9/8" "WAKEFIELD, MA – October 2, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Innovation Pharmaceuticals (OTCQB:IPIX) (“the Company”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that earlier this week the Company submitted a pre-IND meeting request to the FDA in advance of a planned study of Brilacidin, a defensin-mimetic drug candidate, for the treatment of COVID-19." http://www.ipharminc.com/press-release/2020/10/2/innovation-pharmaceuticals-announces-pre-ind-meeting-request-granted-by-fda-for-the-study-of-brilacidin-for-the-treatment-of-covid-19