Tommy-D
"you really couldn't make this stuff up"
Gone and contradicted yourself there !
Surely not beyond the realms of your imagination that there could be a NEW buyer !
I doubt Boris could organise a raffle at the moment (covid safe or not) The idea that he personally has any idea what is going on with this trial is a stretch.
His attention to detail doesn't even extend to thinking about he's about to blurt out of his mouth let alone reading and absorbing the implications of briefing papers prepared by the health dept.
Javid on the other hand does seem like a man who can read a couple of pages without getting distracted so I hope we're on his radar.
4 months before readout Merck supplied top line data they had a $1.2billion pre-order in their back pocket.
I get that we're not one of the big boys but find it a little surprising that there is no similar agreements announced conditional on satisfactory data.
When this positive data is announced in mid-Jan it'll be open season and who knows the US could get usurped if the EU are quick out of the blocks for example.