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the output. The sponsor NDA may alert to other inadvertent disclosures, such as having lunch or dinner with another DMC member while diners at nearby tables can overhear the discussion. Some publicly traded companies have a black-out period during the conduct of an interim where all employees are forbidden from trading stock and from sharing internal corporate news about DSMB activities while a DSMB review is underway or about to occur. In the United States, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) does investigate unusual stock trades that occur with public announcement of trial results such as a DSMB recommendation, or other sponsor announcements to investors. SEC may request information from sponsor employees about knowledge of a DSMB meeting or trial results. I encourage readers to purchase this book. During the pandemic there are other reports of DSMB activities, which often are briefly described on sponsor investor news, and subsequently in the press. There are additional and interesting examples of DSMB activities during the pandemic which the interested reader may find by perusing the sponsor investor news and by general internet searches.