Replies to post #85671 on NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

[Sojourner55]

Jack, your points are well taken and appreciated. They are valid concerns at the moment but the point I want to make is that these are not normal circumstances for the company. Whether you believe it or not with regards to conspiracy theories, it is undeniably under attack. Whether the company should do the things you alluded to, we will know in hindsight once the P3 results are out, lawsuits settled, investigation report revealed and nasdaq compliant. Anything they say short of a successful P3 will have little impact. I believe they will behave what is expected of a public company with a successful product and able to raise funds under favourable terms. That was the intention of Woodford to help the company succeed until the Phase 5 and Ondra threw him off track. He just handled it poorly otherwise we wouldn't be in this position where we are.

I take solace that I am able to accumulate much more shares than I otherwise could and if this company is successful, this roller coaster ride will be worth the while. I'm looking at the glass as half full.

Best wishes .

[flipper44]

It is very true that people should conduct their own due diligence. I filter everyone else's contributions through my own due diligence -- I hope everyone does the same. I doubt Les used the word cult, but AF did. Regardless, there is good reason this company is being watched so closely. There is a reason why top retired brass from the FBI and CIA are on the board. There is a reason Les talks about forces out to destroy this company. There is likely a very good reason for this intolerable silence. There is a reason why Dendreon was unjustifiably attacked without mercy by outside forces. There is a reason why AF bothered to show up here and also write multiple hit articles. There is a reason why SOS has written multiple updates on this trial. There is a reason why LP shared slide 12. http://www.nwbio.com/NWBT_corp_overview_(Biotech_Showcase_updated)_1-12-15.pdf

Existing therapies on the market aren't good enough. Most have really nasty side effects, and society needs a serious breakthrough beyond those involving b-cell (blood) cancer therapies.

Immunotherapy was almost entirely replaced well over half a century ago by chemotherapy. There is a lot riding on this phase III trial -- whether it fails or succeeds. A physician once told me society is still in the stone age when it comes to developing medicine. It was only last year that researchers noticed the lymph system extended into the central nervous system. Whoopsie.

As smart as all the scientists are around the world, cancer still kills people. The dendritic cell is a gift to science. Its lead role in the immune system was not discovered until the 1970's by a researcher that used it experimentally to prolong his own fight against cancer. Some of his students/peers still work at places like Amgen and other large pharmaceutical companies. They know how important this platform is for humanity. The dendritic cell has a chance to take society on a quantum leap in cancer therapy (and therapy for many other diseases).

This is a very important biotherapeutic.

[Al4door]

Soujner,
agreed and very well stated, but why is when I write the same theme and premise I get shot down and ignored? Hope you don't and hope you continue to give the other side in a fair and balanced way. Most CEO's would be booted by shareholders if it were a truly public company. Somebody here once said we can vote whereas the turret is we can vote but we will lose the vote every time because LP & Co owns most of the shares. It is set up that way, quasi public co imho.
This is all my opinion.

[DoGood_DoWell]

Jack,

This company is facing many extremely complex situations and hostile players, all of which have an impact on shareholder value. They are moving parts that must be prioritized according to the fiduciary responsibility of those making the decisions.

"The business judgment rule is a presumption that in making a business decision, the directors of a corporation acted on an informed basis, in good faith and in the honest belief that the action taken was in the best interests of the company."

Since Linda is also a very large shareholder, and has been working for many years to bring this technology to fruition, has weathered economic cycles, gaps in funding, stock manipulation, and treachery of a shear force that is unimaginable, funded the best researchers and attracted some of the finest scientists to support her efforts, has taken innovative and diverse regulatory approaches, and most important of all, does not buckle under pressure to make statements when it is in her best judgement to remain silent, she has my confidence.

It is not a cult. Support for the company and what it is trying to accomplish is not misplaced or in any way sinister. It is based on hard science that has been recognized by leaders in the field, has demonstrated success in patients, and encouraged by health authorities in multiple countries.

The repeated and sustained bear raid attacks that we have seen as recently as a few weeks ago when the combo trial was announced, and which prevented a bump in share price is not being policed or regulated such that some of the problems you keep complaining about can easily be resolved. That will not change with different leadership, despite delusional allusions to that end.

If you think it is a sweetheart deal to have to accept payment for hard costs with a highly risky stock, see it then plunge in value, only to have it ultimately swiped away from you because of arbitrary interpretations of rules.....I don't really know what to say to that one. Remember, Fudstein had just written about his 10th highly false article in so many months, and the stock price was suffering from his attacks.

So keep your facts straight, don't fall for the propaganda and don't create more of it.

Otherwise your list of grievances come across a transparent attempt to drum up opposition at the annual meeting. Just like last year.