''Too bad we don't have the transcript to work with, but as I recall Don mentioned a few reasons - and one of those was politics I believe.The vaccine czars do not want apabetalone on the market...''

Check the recording at about 26 minutes for his description of the reasons for the delays and difficulties:
''...there was some academia, there was some government, there was some interference (and then added a nervous chuckle)...but going foward... .''  

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