RE: DHSC Contract Not Dead28 Nov 2021 11:52
The very fact that ODX needed to take legal advice to find out if the contract had ended beggars belief, particularly as they were in "regular discussions with the DHSC" - I suggest that shows that the DHSC were just as clueless and were waiting for the UK Gov to make decisions on future LFT usage and policy.
Now with the new omicron variant everything is up in the air - no doubt policy will revert to target testing areas with LFT's where the new variant is detected, with any positives being confirmed by PCR. It may be that the free LFT's will be again extended, who knows. Was it this sort of scenario (plan B to secure or supplement the Chinese supplied plan A) that the contract was initially set up for? - possibly obviously the company and the DHSC have no idea, not even sure the UK Gov do.
I only watched the first half hour of the presentation (due to other commitments) and although Chris came across better than Colin, which wasn't hard, it does not make him ODX CEO material - what i though was interesting was when Chris mentioned and stressed on several occasions, his M&A experience with previous positions he has held !!!! FWIW, I am not calling for Colin to go, not yet anyway. - Colin is possibly naive and maybe lacking experience, and he certainly won't make a fortune on the after-dinner speaking circuit - but I don't think he is dishonest and I think changing CEO now would not do the company or the SP any favours.
Anyway, enjoy the rest of the weekend, I think that the ODX roller coaster ride has a few more surprises in store for us all - let's hope so :-)