So you don't think every wealthy investor out there wouldn't have a field day picking off hedge funds who blindly short just because they can? Oh please. Capitalism doesn't work that way. It always finds a way
Bingo! You are one smart cookie Curve! It is almost funny to think that people blame the shorts for what has caused this ultimate collapse, my question is how did it make any run whatsoever in the first place? Buying above Market by Woodford coupled with some good term raises, that's all it takes to make a stock go up (but nobody calls that manipulation). The problem is outside of the retail longs, Woodford was the only person of substance that believed/fell for the NWBO story and that didn't last long!
The company could address questions, concerns, and further explain data to blow the shorts out of the water. They don't because they can't.