The reason they are not releasing the data has nothing to do with a journal. They could release TLD any time they want. They've been unblinded since October 2020.
The reason they are refusing to release the data is because it is bad. That's right, the data is bad. I mean, could it not be more obvious? What else could they possibly be (not) doing to make people realize this is a failed trial, and that you can't change endpoints after conducting a trial for 16 years, and you can't use historical controls to make valid comparisons? It is a failure. That is why they haven't even bothered to update the trial register. Failure is BY FAR the most likely and plausible explanation for why we haven't seen the data.
They are waiting on certification for Sawston to announce it. That makes perfect sense. You don't want to announce the trial failed now, before you get certification, because everything could collapse. But if you wait until you have certification, then you have something to fall back on (at least for Advent) and it is highly unlikely that everything would collapse.
Unfortunately, when that happens, I think there's a good chance NWBO shareholders will be left on the sideline as Advent ramps up into a full-scale manufacturing operation - like Cognate did before it sold for $800 million. Believe me when I tell you that sale got her attention. When she saw that Cognate sold for $800 million just a couple years after she had sold it for a lot less, I think a light bulb went off in her head. She doesn't need this failed vaccine anymore, and she doesn't need NWBO shareholders anymore, either.
