I guess you fail to understand that by law the MHRA cannot just issue a rejection.
I understand that they can't just "issue a rejection" -- that there a many steps -- but thanks for the condescending comment. I do not think it wouldn't take a full two years but you can choose to disagree.
Additionally, the steps would include the company getting plenty of feedback of where the MHRA is heading and that would impact their decisions, and the companies moves, to me, show confidence in eventual approval. Someone might disagree. Which is OK. I don't need to make any condescending comments about others who might disagree.