"I was shocked that they blew through 100 million dollars in one year without even starting the Phase 2 trial for Direct."
Direct is going to be most likely over 400-500 patients in 4 different countries. That's a huge manufacturing undertaking, let alone the setting up of the trials at numerous sites with numerous costs. I truly believe Direct P2 is ready to start, at least at a few early sites that are up to speed. This is an enormous undertaking and it would be for a big pharma, so this tiny company taking this on is heroic in my opinion. I once had a small fledgling company, constantly under capitalized, constantly on the edge, constantly borrowing from one job to get the next one going, all the while trying to make my clients feel that I was in no trouble what so ever. It's exhausting and harder than you can believe. Because they have a beautiful product that I think is far beyond the others in the field doesn't mean they have some giant machinery of administrators, project managers, etc. to carry off these trials without huge bumps.
I understand completely your and all the others who're suspect and tired of the stringing along. I truly do. I just feel I've been here and understand the company and what they're doing and why. Linda Powers is considered by some to be a genius, I've checked into her in great detail. I trust her, and I know some would say I was nuts for this. I'm not a naive person, I've done my homework in many different ways.