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Someone on ADVFN says they've read that 'Fincapp estimated a course of treatment would cost circa $5k' – as if that'd be a good thing. I do hope not. Can you imagine any Govt. paying for it unless it turns out to be the magic bullet? How could it ever get much use in India, or most of Africa?

Did you catch the closing comments that “there is more on that story on panorama on Monday at 7:30 pm”. BBC1 That is.
All very good!

I note your optimism Miggy!

'If' is the word I used and you possibly missed. There is always an 'if' so there is always a trial. I said 'IF they were certain' (that SNG001 would work and be safe) there'd be no need for trials and the SP would already be in the £s. Anything can happen going forward. Trust that is uncontroversial?

Hi Large Gin, we are in agreement that anything could happen then, and that's why they do trials. I'm hoping for the best – but prepared for the worst. That seems to be a sensible viewpoint

I got stop-losses out of Avacta group at 55. Now it's 109. Anything could happen with SNG. If they were 100% certain of success then I guess there'd be little need for trials :-)

I wonder who pays to run the trials? It really can't be cheap to extend ; you'd only do it if things had got off on the right foot.

It might be a bit much to ask Eve to take part in the '2.6 Challenge today'; 1.6 or indeed 2.1 would be dandy.
What will happen to all those 10 year warranties at Casper I wonder? It could make people who do their research very wary of Casper sales.

Casper withdrawal has to be good / great for Eve but let's hope Casper don't have a lot of stock to shift at closing-down prices, in the short term.
And yes, tough for the employees who'll get the push.

Hants, thanks very much for that

Hi there. I can’t seem to locate the Proactive Investor video interview (Maybe cos on my phone).
Would anyone be able to post a link? Cheers..

Glad I topped up before lunch. I have to say that I only bought having promised I'll sell just this portion at 2p..

Am I allowed to copy / paste the piece GBPs mentions in The Times? I doubt they'll sue for copyright.. Written before EVE shares rose 20% of course. It's by Ron Howard:

The chief executive of Eve Sleep, the struggling mattress maker, is to step down having overseen a 95 per cent plunge in the share price during his 20-month spell.

James Sturrock, 41, will stand down next month to take up a new position at another company. He will remain on Eve’s board as a non-executive director, which the company said would allow it to “continue to benefit from his expertise”.

Taking his place is Cheryl Calverley, the company’s chief marketing officer.

Eve is yet to turn a profit although its losses halved to £12.5 million last year after Mr Sturrock cut the cost base. Revenue fell 19 per cent to £23.9 million.

The shares were worth 101p when they were floated in 2017 but are now worth less than a penny.

Also, did you watch that 'The Drum' interview a week or so ago with Cheryl Calverley? (I can't remember who posted that but was helpful). I thought her pretty sensible and impressive at the time; not just saying that now. https://www.thedrum.com/news/2020/03/25/eve-sleep-cmo-dont-say-you-run-digital-business-phrase-redundant

I'll be staying. For me it would be more annoying to leave and then see sp go up – as it should do when all unwilling holders have left .

SamKK; looks like Eve is not the only stock (by far) that Link is selling and which could well be a mistake or just very poor timing:
'Link Fund Solutions has reduced its stake in a respiratory drug discovery business that sits in Neil Woodford’s former UK equity fund and is surging in price as it begins trials on a possible treatment for the coronavirus outbreak.'..
'A regulatory filing shows Link Fund Solutions reduced its holding in Synairgen from 19.50% to 17.73% on 30 March. Blackrock is responsible for selling the liquid part of Woodford’s fund as it winds down, while PJT Partners has the more difficult task of selling unquoted holdings.' – https://portfolio-adviser.com/link-sells-woodford-stock-surging-more-than-tenfold-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/

I try my best! It beats being bitter!

wishful thinking but maybe Link are now hoping to hang on to obtain a higher price? - which was always the most sensible option. Perhaps even they liked the annual figures.

There are many more shares now, compared to when the sp was over a £.

I can't top up my ISA until April 6th so can we just slow down this optimism a little pls?! What's another few day?