RE: It's gonna be a bad year - not soThromboclear's schedule target was always 2006. The partner had some work to do as far as setting up manufacturing (difficult for this drug), and getting FDA approval.
So the fact that it is not yet in the market is not unexpected.
Also, the partner insisted that everything be kept in secrecy for competitive business reasons. Hence the lack of regular updates.
So there is nothing sinister about ThromboClear up to now.