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No one will answer any of the 4 lines into Wetherby.
I've tried every hour from a number of different lines and tried each 1-4 option they give you.
I've left messages since Friday and Monday with my company details and number of staff etc.
Email is totally useless as no response from a variety of ones sent from again different outlets.
I'm sorry, but there is no way that this is anyway normal or acceptable for any company, let alone one that after 12 months has actually got a product to sell.
They have had months to get ready for this.
Has anyone been able to get any response from the company since last week?
@biffa @JRDC
That's 3 companies we know of that can't get a response from Avacta re: ordering tests and, also, the test is not being shown as available on the Medusa website.
I'm beginning to think more and more, that this radio silence points to serious background negotiations being conducted between Avacta & UK govt. These negotiations, if real, put Avacta in a really awkward position regarding enquiries from private companies. They can't very well say "The test isn't yet available for purchase", as suggested by JRDC, since that would contradict what they've said in the last RNS. And, of course, they can't say "Sorry, the first 5 million are already spoken for", since that's price sensitive information. So, stuck between a rock and a hard place they have no choice but to go under the radar.
Couple that with the fact that PHE are assisting Avacta with verifying the test works against VoC's, as stated by AS (I mean, you have to ask yourself, why are they assisting Avacta?), there has to be a strong possibility that Avacta receives govt orders in the not too distant.
I'm really start
"The test isn't yet available for purchase"
Ignore the last two lines, don't know what happened there :-)
Phone Rosemary the Telephone Operator and ask her to ask Henry,the janitor why he exercised his shares.
Also Hong Kong Phooey, (Sir Al) will he be Number One Superguy by Monday’s presentation.
I think that's obvious, they're not entertaining small businesses yet. They're clearly working on government and large commercial sales for the time being. That's a good sign.
Capacity is limited - we know that. So why would Avct be tying up any of that capacity for the Medusa site when the test is only ce marked for professional use only and the only route to market in the UK is via the govt. would make zero sense.
For me, this points in the right direction in that it looks like larger orders which need some work on the contracts.
Otherwise they would have just stuck the test straight on Medusa website.
Sorry guys but I think the little businesses won’t be getting a look in until there is significantly expanded capacity.
No! Avacta will be able to send the odd box of 20 to a UK Company whilst simultaneously juggling a world theater of 27+ Country's asking for all of them.
I thought Medusa had put in manufacturing capability? Is that not correct? Are they just a (potential) sales outlet?
All of what has been suggested is possible (or indeed probable) but not answering the phones is pretty unprofessional. They can't be very happy if that is being forced on them by events.
Wow when you say you only read the tea leaves you really do wyn.
At what point have Medusa been confirmed a manufac provider in all the RNSs and prezzos…not at all. But they touted 50m/month as their capacity.
Will they be producing and selling an average antibody test in those volumes? Highly doubt it!
So IMO they’re ones for AS to speak to and look at for manufac capacity. Could be a dark horse.
Currently only have distribution agreement.
But you knew that wyn didn’t you - been here whining long enough!
if you want to contact Sir Al its
alastair dot smith at avacta dot com
Ask him if he will be speaking about his new curtains on monday lol
Medusa RNS FYI
https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/AVCT/distribution-agreement-for-covid-19-antigen-test-21mboh9bzzm6j5g.html
BBI and ABDX are listed in the RNS's too, worth a read.
Ray - I’m sure if you asked him about his new curtains in a professional forum like that, he’d not answer.
But I’m sure he has, like me and many others, carried out some upgrades on his house with the profits Avacta have provided. You should try it.
If ABDX falls much lower, we'll be able to have a whip-round here, buy the company out, manufacturing capacity solved!
MFM and Ray you are two real grumpy chestnuts. Cheer up!
Is it Ray or Victor Meldrew?
For someone who's apparently invested in Avacta, he sure does have a lot of negative things to say......which begs the question, why is he invested?
If I become that negative with a stock, I simply move on to the next one I believe in.
Strange behaviour indeed.
He’s not invested. One liners, hand grenades, insults, then moves on. He’s a troll be definition.
Besides sales / contracts on the Tuesday presso, I really want to know that the current deals with BBI, ABDX and Medusa still stand and where they are with capacity numbers and what they are willing to offer Avacta.
Having re-read the RNS, it mentions distribution rights, and production deals for a Saliva LFT test. I am taking it for granted these deals are still active on an AN LFT Test, and not just for a Saliva test and whether these need to be re-negotiated for the AN if that is the case.
I also would like an update to the Saliva test too as he did mention these were going to be progressed simultaneously, if he decided to drop this, would be good to know if all eggs in one testing basket so to speak, or whether we have a number of different tests still bring brought to market.
But Neut that's an Old RNS (over a year old) and , that's why I am genuinely confused.. Originally I thought they just had a license to sell AVCT test. Then reading their website in dec 20 they can manufacture a 10min saliva test ramping up to 50m/m capacity to sell.
That doesn't seem to be selling so I thought maybe given their links with Avct that they would be producing our 20min AN test?
My thinking is as that's nothing to do with govt and they are selling to business, then why aren't they selling out test now today?
They have clearly invested tens's of millions into this but seem to be getting nothing back? So do they actually manufacture or is it still all in the pipeline?
Wyn,
Not sure but there was enough confusion at the time for a separate RNS for clarity on Medusa.
https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/AVCT/clarification-regarding-medusa-19-antibody-test-p5t1f6da5e7un7f.html
I don't see where the market is to sell for businesses if the gov keep handing them out for free? unless outside of the UK, where it is currently a closed market.
Quite surprised Medusa has 2 languages on the website "English" with strangely and English flag and Spain...
Anyways, they have a saliva test, just the one detailed here.
https://shop.medusa19.com/en_GB/taxons/covid19-tests?channel_type=business
They say they hold 2m tests in stock, which is also a little strange. I wonder if they have significant orders, £20 per test too.
@Neutronic
If you click the Spanish flag, then let Google translate the Spanish home page back to English, Medusa 19 becomes Jellyfish 19.
Will we get stung by Medusa? :-)
That is the Medusa 19 header just above 'Testing for the Future'
Neut, so do you think it is the saliva test for sale? did we get authorisation to sell that?