Replies to post #215475 on NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

[skitahoe]

I would think the tumor would be routinely held for analysis and with her knowledge, I've got to believe that she could contact NWBO and get right to try consideration, in that the trial enrollment was completed. I certainly have no knowledge of how the company is dealing with right to try issues, but as long as they still have the capacity to make the vaccine I don't see how they would refuse permitting its use.

While I'm uncertain, I believe the company already has the capability to make the product in commercial quantities, but I suppose that with the trial having concluded, the equipment may be preserved and the cost might be excessive in making vaccine for a single patient. If anyone knows for certain, please let me know.

Gary

[CogDiss 1188X]

Man I am out of it - I thought she was still on the board. Did she leave because of her illness?

And yes, I agree she would have used DCVax-L if she could. It would be interesting to know the details around all that.

[Umibe5690]

I very much doubt that explanation. Certainly, even if there were an emergency, and she were incapacitated, someone, most likely her husband, would have been there with her. Obviously, they would have known her association with NWBO and DC VAX. They would have likely known that tumour tissue had to be preserved for a possible DC VAX treatment. It strains credulity that someone who was intimate with DC VAX due to their board position was somehow denied the availability of this treatment. Georgetown is in Washington, DC not far from Bethesda. Hard to believe that neuro-surgeons were not made aware of NWBO/DC VAX and Mrs. Bayh's relationship and the necessity of preserving the tissue. It is possible but I find it improbable.

Equally likely, is the possibility that DC VAX was not selected. It is possible that Mrs. Bayh left the board in part because she was not a believer in DC VAX efficacy and opted elsewhere. Who knows? Seems like Mrs. Bayh is not talking but the odds appear to favour that DC VAX was not chosen. JMHO.