It would be totally insane for a company outsider trial PI to be 'read in' to any company partnership plans in advance of any such deal closing and being publically announced. Just insane. It would be insanity squared for e.g. Dr. AK to know anything and then blab to anyone in public or private even if he did have any inside info like a potential partnership deal.
That kind of info would always be extremely closely held. Any leak could put such commercial talks at risk. And if leaked in any way, that's the sort of thing people go to jail for finding out about and trading on. Ever heard of Martha Stewart?
This would be blockbuster news worth a lot of money and as the top 2 company officers are both lawyers and far from stupid, there is literally zero probability of anybody even LL or KA having any such knowledge must less blabbing about it in public. Just not going to happen.
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