One last note---It is not uncommon for Big Pharma to fund trials for smaller companies. If a BP has a keen interest in a treatment, they will fund the trials. It is very cost effective for them to do so as the million or so required for typical trials is but a drop in the bucket for BP. And, it saves them a lot of headaches to write a check and have someone else do all the work. It happens regularly.
GO BMSN!
Sometimes, you just have to walk away, let the dust settle and look at it all from a different perspective.