Wasn't the patent issue something that was done long before the screening hold? Is protecting the patents and hence the company, a bad thing? I rather like the fact that they are not dangling like cheese in front of the aggressive mice.
Everyone needs to step back and ask this question. Two years ago was there a single long, or short for that matter, who predicted the current shambles of the PhIII trial or the delay in the the direct trial. This April will be the two year anniversary of one poster suggesting that PHII of the direct trial was already enrolling.