I never worked in the biotech business so I don't know the SOPs there. Masterlongevity on the BV board, whose posts I qouted, says he worked at Genentech for 9 years (maybe more) in clinical development. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=79417508 You should really ask him these questions, KT. What a mess. Such a tragedy.