>> Was GENR driving too hard a bargain or is there some other factor working here? My guess is GENR and Merck talked. <<
It’s close to 100% that the two companies talked, at least casually.
GENR may be overplaying its cards, thinking it has a royal straight flush when in reality it has a full house. Based on GENR’s ASCO press release, Levitt may still believe –or pretend to believe-- that Squalamine has a great future in cancer. If so, this would present an obstacle to bringing a licensing deal to fruition.
“The efficient-market hypothesis may be
the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated
in any area of human knowledge!”