RE: Aims and ambitions for SCIB18 Nov 2023 15:21
Hi Dracula,
This is going to be complicated but I will try my best to be succinct but not short!
Redmile invested on the back of a DD which no doubt included:
Immunobody - SCIB1 phase 1 data.
Moditope - Modi 1 pre-clinical data.
Glycan/Antibody data
Avidimab
I put it to you that Redmile were Scancells first big deal. Without them it was unlikely Scancell would have developed Glycans to the extent they have. Got Modi - 1 to clinic (don't forget how close Lindy and Sally felt Modi 2 was to clinic Q1 2024). Had a shot at the Covidity trial. They may have got SCIB1 to phase 2 but it is a big trial so even if Scancell would have managed it some other way, the trial might not have been so big.
Yet people are asking,' Why don't we get pre-clinical deals like everyone else. Well because SCIB1 and Modi - 1 are actually in clinic so it is impossible to get a pre-clinical deal. Also, I would strongly suggest that we have had a pre-clinical deal of sorts (modi 1) that allows Scancell to maintain it's full rights: Redmile investment.
What do you want? Blood!?!?
No but seriously. It all depends how people look at things.
In regards to trials being completed and an obsession with data. Once again we are in clinic and the company are no doubt swamped with data. Why on earth would they ignore it?
Finally, I am sure that the pharma world understands exactly what Scancell are doing and when the time is right, more deals will get done.
And just one more thing. What have Redmile got from their investment? More impressive SCIB1 data. A Genmab deal. The only thing is that the value is not being shown in current market conditions. But it will.