FUD is rife10 Sep 2024 17:00
Q3W trial was prolonged because it was mega successful. Avacta are actually trying to make a drug give the best possible outcome to patients. If that means they have to keep dose escalating then so be it.
Fact is though, they stopped without finding and MTD. That's a fact. So why??
Because they knew the drug is unequivocally safer and because they saw enough efficacy in C7 and some DLT's starting to surface that they judged it wasn't worth going any further. So they took it to the max and good on them.
Now with Q2W, which is remarkable we are even doing it, such is the performance of precision, avacta are gearing up to have a pivotal phase 2 so that means getting the best dose now and then choosing the right indication from p1b to take into phase 2. Yes we're having to wait a bit longer now but overall it shortens the route to market and time for investor returns but attractiveness to BP. Avacta are absolutely doing the right thing.
Remember as well the worse case with Q2W is that it doesn't work and so we just drop back to 3 weekly dosing. Absolutely no problem whatsoever.
And people already talking about dilution is laughable when we have tens if millions in the bank and dx sale on the horizon. Not to mention that avacta have already been open and said they need money to fund their pipeline we either go down the dilution route or we give away a big slice of our revenue. It's one or the other, you can't have both. Ultimately avacta share price will end up multiples of the current. Many multiples infact so people need to just chill and ignore the FUD because that's all it is and mainly created by those trading the stock than investing in it