<False promises..>
I wish to rescind my "Amen" to your post. Although there has been (IMO) a failure to manage communications appropriately, and to measure up in the sense that is expected in "performance measured" companies, I do not believe that there were any "false" promises. Maybe, inaccurate, over-zealous and yet to be realized but not intentionally "False".
Hopefully, the Cortex management team is diligently pursuing a partnership, dogging the CRO and driving the pipeline forward while we wait.