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Desco, P&G have a 30-day exclusivity period to decide if they are on-board - so nobody expected a deal today except you for some unknown reason.

I doubt that obj knew about the 'irritation' issue' but may have had an early indication by the 50% who had already completed the 'exit poll' and that is why they responded with the following:

'Participants in the clinical trial reported higher skin irritation levels with the Bodyguard product; however the Company believes it has already addressed this issue with the adoption of a new Hydrogen gel technology, which is expected to eliminate this issue and further enhance efficacy of Kneeguard.'