Not filtered by negativism. Filtered by realism. Can you point out what I said that was negative? I neither said nor implied anything negative. I merely refuted that this update is somehow 'proof positive' that a decision is "imminent".
NICE chose to update the page and reaffirm the process. If they were just going to suspend or abandon the project, they could’ve marked it as “on hold,” “withdrawn,” or even removed it. They didn’t. That means NICE still sees value in the process continuing even if just in a holding pattern.
This is wrong. They can't just unilaterally put a project on hold. They probably had an idle period long enough to hit a timer, and were alerted that something should be checked. They contacted the company to see if they still had interest in pursuing the reimbursement, the company confirmed, they updated the project website.
I implied nothing other than that this update is procedural and in no way indicative of an imminent approval.