NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

[biosectinvestor]

1) buying on the open market gives money to traders, not the company. If the company needs to get from point A to point D, and can't, that money was wasted.
2) an investor like Fyfe is investing and ensuring the preservation of his capital at the same time, which is not the deal for the buyer on the open market for equity. He will likely get paid no matter what, with a substantial upside. Many investors who have much money already, prefer those kinds of deals to the buy the equity and pray deals that we ordinary investors must do to get into these companies on the public markets. Even if the results are not great or it failed, he'd get paid most likely. Someone buying at today's price probably would not get their money back soon with a profit, and not get the option of profiting much more for the same capital, with a lot less risk.