We aren't discussing research guidelines; they are decisional guidelines. The research underlying the current decisional guidelines is outdated, which is why the draft was [past tense] progressing.
As time has gone on this year, Anavex has produced more and more persuasive evidence that could support an FDA approval, assuming an NDA, despite the old guidelines. There appears to be a lot of ammunition now for the Agency to justify an exception.
What are the odds of the ABCLEAR3 results to be just a random outcome that must be guarded against? Let's analyze that. How many unrelated lightning strikes will it equal?