" though it is unclear if there was a role played by the BCG shortage in the past Direct development or if NWBO just could not fund it after the manipulators crushed the share price, I suspect more the latter and I would personally not connect Citadel to Merck in company strategic planning to this degree."
Citadel not connected? Looks connected to me. Isn't Citadel part of the Spoofing Lawsuit and a large stock holder of Merck?
- The question I would ask is whether NWBO has an alternative ready to go since Direct development is close to resuming
There are 300 million doses a year being manufactured by 2 dozen manufacturers.
There are literally hundreds of ongoing trials using BCG
And approval status of BCG does not matter as it is not being used as a drug, just part of the process. Further, Merck is not the supplier in the UK so switching vendors would be reasonable anyway.
I think there is some way NWBO could procure the minuscule amount of BCG they need for a trial.