Nobody can really put an exact timeline on a drug progression and approval. It's all an approximate guess in good faith. I think Missling really tried to address timelines to the best of his current knowledge to let the share holders and market know. But in many cases drug trial information results were late from what he was told it would be. imo - It took Merck 1.3 years to report their Alzheimer's drug trial results.
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