Great question. Kind of makes you wonder. Why? AVXL is not a quick study is it? One could make the point that he is doing a big awareness (at least) show, after a year+ of very low profile. This looks like a "show the AVXL flag" event auf Deutsch. BP was born and lives well in Germany. This may be seen as a courtesy call or as an AVXL coming out event to legitimize the flag.
Whatever we have learned in the passed couple of years, we have learned that there is a reason for everything he does. These are not random acts of a PR driven company. We do have a very serious, scientific based operation being driven by a guy who is re-engineering the entire pharma-NPI process...ready or not. If it is all a scam, it is by far the very best. AVXL is understated and focused. If I were at BIIB right now I would be paying very close attention, at least.
The extraordinary knowledge and talent demonstrated by many on this board is compelling when describing what A2-73 does and how patients have responded and should do in future. If we have missed the scam and this all goes off as a gas then, there it is, a bad day.