Well done Nick119! I am a bit "ADD," but your narrative kept my attention all the way through and it makes total sense. Especially like: "I would be willing to go on record to speculate with a high degree of confidence that it is more than likely a look in at the irrefutable positive trial data that we are waiting on."
Well, if you believe most of the long posts here then Dr Stupp is eveil incarnate.
He cooked the books on the Optune trials he was PI on. He stayed quite for years on NVCR's overstated claims on long term OS He allowed patients to be tortured with a useless chemo His financial interest in NVCR caused him published an opinion saying the 2018 JTM paper was pointless as it had no unblinded data.
OK, that is what the many longs thought a week ago.
IMO, it shows what everybody knows. It is not about taking sides. R Stupp was never anti DCVax-L. His only comment on it was the 2018 paper lacked real data. And his agreeing to providing advice twice means nothing more than that.
The idea that all investigators take side is childish. The vast majority want to advance the science.
I am overall bullish on NWBO, but until we know in what capacity he was involved with NWBO that made him have to disclose his situation, it has very little significance in my humble opinion.
Nick:Our great friend, AF, alleges that Stupp started his relationship with Nwbo in '18.My batteryless clock is right twice a day. Maybe after Stupp read the 6/1/18 blinded data paper, he and LP started talking about him have an advisory role. Purely a speculation on my part.