RE: Im confused??Just a thought but one of the options they may be considering here is not to go at it alone for MC1 but to retain in full the rights to everything in North America and to give a European partner only for the rights in the rest of the world. This move today then would give them a start towards creating a proper distribution and sales network in North America, something that will prove a lot easier with more then one product to share the costs.
It seems to me a tough thing to accomplish simply because I find it hard to imagine any BP settling for this. It could explain why negotiations appear to be slow going.
All conjecture but if indeed it is the way they are thinking I would love to see them put it together.