The original sales force was hired last year for a Q4 launch. Two delays have pushed the launch date to October 7th. There's been some vacancies because some of the reps don't have confidence that the drug will successfully launch. Also recent layoffs have spooked a lot of the field force. I personally think Surfaxin will likely launch in October (70% probability) but no sure how successful Surfaxin will be. The sales of Surfaxin will pay for the salesforce so there's a lot riding on a successful launch.
