DD, NWBO has gone to ASCO about 7 years in a row with no abstracts submitted. So that hardly matters.
I trust them to tell the truth in the 10K. If it was just registration then they could have shown up. If it were to be true that NWBO does not expect MHRA decision until after ASCO then from what I understand from Mike is it to cancel ASCO to avoid losing face? NWBO hasn't been known to give a crap about what others think of them. There is no logical explenation if it is just registration. The preparation of ASCO in mid-December and January was too much for them.