InVivo Therapeutics Hldgs Corp (fka NVIVQ)

[Seel]

I did not suggest that the researchers were incapable of properly carrying out the animal experiments. Invivo did. And it looks to be true. The researchers euthanized the animals when the bladder complications arose - in direct contradiction to Invivo guidance. Invivo informed them of that predictable complication and report that the researchers did not follow guidance. Invivo contracted for 24 monkeys and received 19, only 16 of which were fit for the experiment, and only 7 were used for the implantation. Eight others were withheld for bladder problems - and this is a crux of Invivos complaint. They anticipated that complication and anticipated that surgical implantation of the device would alleviate the problem, but the animals were euthanized instead.So - from the very start OHSU delivered poorly. The inspections you refer to were separate from the experiment. No inspectors witnessed the experiment.