Actually, I'm not shocked. The time has come,
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The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things.
But mostly that we have more data, but less money - and debts to pay - and a weak stock to generate cash. And the last CFO couldn't even keep a convincing set of financial controls in place.
A name CEO might bring money with him. Otherwise, time for a partner to move this molecule forward. Time to wall-off any perceived liabilities and be cleaner-than-clean with a regulator for Board chair.
My guess is that NP understands this, and that his earn-out - and leronlimab's benefit to humanity - may be higher if he takes himself out of the conversation.
We've always said we are in it for the science. We're going to find out what others - others with money and scientists working for them - think of that.