RE: Any hope?5 Nov 2023 09:51
Hi Keith,
Of course I'm still here, but as The.Italian has written. There hasn't been anything to write about. I am a little disappointed that we have still not heard anything regarding the China submission which initially I put down to possible pre submission contact, however. I wouldn't expect it to go on for 5 weeks given they were supposed to have submitted by the end of Q3 which doesn't follow since they have usually been above the curve regarding timelines. That said, either RPGs experienced management have gotten involved which has caused the delay (nothing unusual with that) or it has indeed been submitted but Jamie is far too busy with his other ventures to keep the market updated (I don't think I'd be wrong in suggesting since he has delayed informing the market before).
I have given up hope of RPG obtaining the FDA approval since all they have done is lie and mislead on their abilities to keep to timelines (its has now been over a year since the 2nd set of answers were submitted to FDA's questions and 6 years since they advised the market we would have approval in 2017). It certainly cannot take this long for such a small amount of data 87 subjects and it would certainly wont lead to any license agreement given no one has even considered in stepping up to the plate so far, which would indicate they must surely feel there is no market for the product in the US. Call it sour grapes, but the delays and not wanting to commit speak for themselves.
What this all means of course is money running out by Jan / Feb next year and yet another cash call, but who is left to inject more money? Even the A team must surely not want to inject anymore money as it now has become a huge risk.
Jim needs to be strung up for allowing this all to happen and not consider sacking the CEO/BOD and replacing them with competent and experienced people, but then again, he has done this before with his hobby companies which have not come to much.
Based on the last update, the new manufacturer may have solved the impurities problem but they have yet to solve the supply issue given they can only supply Recordati 30k cans every 4 months, remember that the cost of a can is now approx 60% less than it was before, so 30k cans is utterly abysmal.
As we can do is wait for the Chinese to pull their fingers out, but that's only if there is a company and a product still in existence !!!
Will the company be forced to sell the product to Recordati or even another ?
I'm not even going to mention the DLI which is now a bigger white elephant than the last one.
Anyway, onwards and downwards.
Oh and although long-term PLE holders are down by about 80%, spare a thought for all the gullible RPG holders who had even less to start with after the PLE takeover.
Nuff said. :-)