It is not uncommon for the trial investigator to present results and actually quite uncommon for biotech/pharma CEO to do so.
E.g. also at CTAD
OC12 - Topline Results of EXERT: Can Exercise Protect Against Cognitive Decline in MCI? Carl Cotman 1, Howard Feldman 2, Andrea Lacroix 2, Aladdin Shadyab 2, Diane Jacobs 2, David Salmon 2, Ron Thomas 2, Shelia Jin 2, Judy Pa 2, Jeffrey Katula 3, Robert Rissman 4, James Brewer 2, Youngkyoo Jung 5, Jing Zhang 2, Laura Baker 6 1UCI (United States), 2UCSD (United States), 3Wake Forest University (United States), 4USC (United States), 5UC Davis (United States), 6Wake Forest University School of Medicine (United States)
I invite folks to do some research before and rather than making up fantasies.
My experience is the very best companies are built on two principals ...Competency and trust....both of these qualities are demonstrated (as you describe) by the actions of Dr.M. and the AVXL team. The very best teams will value and demonstrate these qualities even when the chips are down...they will each have each-others back also.
Let's not mistake any of these as mistake proof (they are human). They are developing what eventually comes to be known as a corporate culture which only the VERY BEST can perpetuate. (being a liar gets you fired) This process takes decades . Mercedes comes to mind as a possible example. IMO, owning a share is more than owning stock.